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Dec

Life Lessons Tied Up In a Bow

by Janine Boylan on December 10, 2012

sneakers, showing life lessons on how to tie your shoes

© Janine Boylan

What I Learned from Tying My Shoes

I absolutely would not watch.

I was only about four years old, but I remember it like it was yesterday. For months, my mom had been trying to teach me a basic life lesson: how to tie my shoes. I, however, absolutely DID NOT want to learn from her.

Whenever she tied my shoes, Mom would tell me to watch. Instead, I would twist my head as far around as possible and cover my ears while still strategically keeping my shoes where my mom could tie them. I was completely and utterly annoyed that she wanted to teach me to tie my shoes.  Read more...

 

Life Lessons

05

Nov

Life’s Choices in Disasters Like Sandy

by Janine Boylan on November 5, 2012

Clean-up after LA riots showing a life's choice to help

Cleaning Up After the LA Riots
© Janine Boylan

Coming Together to Help

As I see photos of the mess that Sandy left behind, my thoughts go out to all of those who have suffered and lost and to those who have made one of life’s important choices: to help.

From Fear to Action in the LA Riots

During disasters, life choices stare you in the face. I had that Oh, I see moment in 1992 when another kind of disaster struck my hometown, Los Angeles.  Read more...

 

Making a Difference

11

Oct

Life Lesson: Slowing Down at the Airport

by Janine Boylan October 11, 2012

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Connecting with People Instead of a Flight

Like the planes in this video, I had been zooming in and out of airports all day long—from early in the morning until dark. In fact, I was at my fourth airport of the day. And I still wasn’t home.

The night before, my flight in Dallas had been cancelled. After just three hours of sleep, I negotiated a flight to Houston, and then rushed onto another plane to Nashville, where I stopped long enough to give a ten-minute presentation.  Read more...

 

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