The past couple of days, I have been hearing a lot of people voice fears about the recession in general and how it might affect them in particular. It’s easy to get caught up in the anxiety. Our economy is in major flux and chaos. Corruption is rampant and few legislators have the guts and the will to tell the truth and clean up the messes that are facing us. Every day there is some new story about a bank’s insolvency, more people being laid off and businesses shutting down. However, if we don’t let our fears engulf us, there are great individual and societal opportunities awaiting us amidst our personal and collective crises.
I love to play with words and I can’t help but notice that the first two syllables of the word “recession” are re and cess. Taken together they form the word “recess”. According to Dictionary.com’s primary definition, recess is “a temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.” Now, there’s an opportunity if I ever saw one! Just the chance we have all needed to stop, take stock, look around at the wreckage and begin to re-vision a more equitable and sustainable path for ourselves and others. Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes golden moments exist in the midst of trial and tribulation and sometimes they arise in the midst of success and joy. In my experience, the most golden moments are those when life has thrown me lemons and I’ve squeezed all the juice out of them that I can. For me, to share that juice with others, it just doesn’t get any better than that!
Ten and a half years ago I was diagnosed with a very lethal form of cancer. Because ovarian cancer is particularly hard to detect in its early stages most women die of this disease. I was lucky to have experienced several particularly searing pains that allowed the cancer to be treated relatively early in its development.
During my treatment, I decided that there was no point in having a tragedy if I couldn’t make it work for me. Read the rest of this entry »
The past couple of days, I have been hearing a lot of people voice fears about the recession in general and how it might affect them in particular. It’s easy to get caught up in the anxiety. Our economy is in major flux and chaos. Corruption is rampant and few legislators have the guts and the will to tell the truth and clean up the messes that are facing us. Every day there is some new story about a bank’s insolvency, more people being laid off and businesses shutting down. However, if we don’t let our fears engulf us, there are great individual and societal opportunities awaiting us amidst our personal and collective crises.![[del.icio.us]](http://theopportunitygame.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/delicious.png)
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