Gratitude is a prerequisite for healing. Manifesting empathy and forgiveness in these extraordinary times may be the prescription we all need.

What the world needs now is thoughtful people, with faith in the future and the resilience and tenacity to engage to make things happen.

Masks have become a declaration about who we are. We begin to understand one another when we can recognize what’s behind the mask.

Remember when courtesy was what defined a good human being? If there is one personality trait I wish I could bring back to the forefront of humanity, it would be civility.

How can your career survive Corona? Next to “how do I stay healthy”, that’s the one question I hear most often these days. The reality is this: We’re not going back to what was. The future belongs to those who can see what will be.

In my conversations with everyone from internationally known CEOs to the front line heroes who make the magic happen, each share one ultimate hope: They want to leave a legacy.

We have temporarily lost the ability to hug those we love and shake hands with colleagues. One of the unexpected positives I’ve discovered in the midst of this horrific pandemic is how words can heal.

Daily demonstrations of humanity are rays of sunshine in the darkness of pandemic. It’s the glue that holds civilization together.

That feeling you have right now? It’s grief. The suffering and death that used to be happening to someone else is directly touching each of us. We can’t go back to what was. We can only pick up the pieces and go forward with what is.

Love is deciding that whatever cards fate deals, you will live your days to the fullest, as two individual souls who have have always believed that life has been a much better ride because you loved one another.