Monthly Archives: June 2013

Just Grab an Oar

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

I wrote recently on the collision of worlds created by marriage, and about the need to shift priorities, quite radically, to come to a fulfilling place. I would like to extend that discussion into the workplace and kick it around … Continue reading →

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Hope is not the poor cousin of faith…

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

Hope is the strangest thing. And at the same time, it is so familiar to us all. How can something be so strange and so familiar? Hope is officially defined as “the feeling that what is wanted can be had; … Continue reading →

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True equality

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

Its a cliché, but I think there are two kinds of people. Those for whom a sense of being in control is something that comes and goes as seasons, events and circumstances change, and they are OK with that, and … Continue reading →

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From a husband to a wife

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

I am sitting in a hotel room thousands of miles away from you. I know you and my whole family are fast asleep right now. The house is dark and the fires that have warmed your evening are dying down. … Continue reading →

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React or Respond? A Question for Grown-ups.

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

Some people seem to have more emotions than others, I think. We all HAVE emotions. But in by far the majority of situations, I have seen that it is actually the emotion that “has” the person! I’ve seen it in … Continue reading →

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So who do we want to be like when we grow up?

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

In a little while – a year or two, in my books – a man named Novak Djokovic will join an elite group of tennis greats. The likes of Borg, McEnroe, Lendl, Sampras, Agassi, Federer, Nadal. He’s already playing at … Continue reading →

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One part me, and one part you.

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

Of course, the reason most of us fight, is because one of us thinks we’re right and the other one is wrong. In my case, of course, I am always right, which makes it very difficult for me to understand … Continue reading →

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So you think you OWN that?

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

We are such ephemeral beings, physically speaking, at least. Part of the mystery about us is how we manage to avoid living like it! We live as if death will never come, as if we are invincible. A friend of … Continue reading →

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Unsung Heroes and Warriors

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

One of the joys of the workplace, is the fact that every single day, we see people we would not see otherwise. This, for me, is a great privilege. Most of us choose our friends around compatibility and similar interests, … Continue reading →

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Does this dress make me look fat? And other scary situations…

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Vaughan Granier

There are so many jokes and cartoons about these situations. I love trawling through them, trying to find if someone has created the perfect answer, the one answer that rules them all… so far, no one has. Usually the poor … Continue reading →

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