This is the archive of the twice-weekly emails sent to the inboxes of Wisdom Harbour members. Delivered in the morning, there is a Wednesday Peace of Wisdom and a Weekend Peace of Wisdom. Each is a short bit of wise perspective about a single topic to help you through your week.
Suffering through the loss of a loved one can be devastating. Textbooks list the stages of grief in great detail, and while they aren’t wrong, it seems trite to reduce them to mere words on a page. Each stage is deeply personal – the whole process entirely...
Careful, thoughtful communication is important to building and maintaining meaningful relationships. Speaking clearly is also an important key to successful communication. Sometimes, we speak clearly, but when we leave out the “careful, thoughtful” part of the...
Wayne Gretzky said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Michael Jordan said, “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Many people allow the process of analysis to continue beyond its intended boundary and as a result...
You’re not a tornado, are you? Oh, good! So you agree it would be unproductive to spiral out of control? Well…. Have you ever considered your inner mechanism one might refer to as your “personal weather report?” It’s a real thing, I assure you! You may not have a guy...
C.S. Lewis said, “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” You’ve heard “pride comes before a fall.” The moment we begin to think we’re somehow better than others, for whatever the reason, is the moment the...
Recently, I saw a stunning photograph posted by a Virginia Wildlife photographer in which she managed to capture the breath of a red-winged blackbird while singing during the dead of winter. The caption read, “when it’s cold enough to see the melody.” It was the...
Do you remember the last time you moved out of one place and into another? Maybe it’s when you left home for the first time. As you packed, did you notice that everything in your house was a reflection of yourself? Your life, a physical representation, was literally...
Filling in the cracks Do you regard your life as having been well lived? Do you feel fulfilled? While you think about the answer to that question, consider what might make you feel that way. Are you contemplating the family trip you wish you’d taken last year....
Did you ever think math could teach you things beyond the page? How about a mathematician? Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, known for his famous theorem, also dabbled in the personal and the worldly. He once said “Choose rather to be strong of...