In these difficult times, it’s easy to fall into a trap, thinking about what’s happening as if it’s happening just in our own community or workplace. But isn’t there value in looking at the broader picture? Of course we’re reading the local newspapers, and some of us even try to catch up with what’s happening …
Current Events
An Important Message from a Very Special Leader
“Sharing Guy’s Journey” is my personal blog, and I often refer to it that way, even when I’m writing about topics that are not particularly “personal.” In this case, that description couldn’t be more accurate. I have often written about my friendship with and my respect for Frances Hesselbein. Today she has shared a very …
Today in New York City
As our American society attempts to deal with the second of our two overwhelming crises, every citizen is experiencing nervousness, fear, uncertainty, and – not to make too fine a point of it – a certain level of surprise. How did we get to this point in our lives as American citizens? All the papers …
A Little Inspiration Perhaps
As we struggle with what’s happening all around us, from time to time we need a little inspiration. I recommend listening to two choral pieces. Both are pretty remarkable and speak to us – it seems to me – in our current situation. In the first, the Met Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, …
Chelsea Football Club Fights Anti-Semitism
As International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed today – January 27 – two important efforts by the Chelsea Football Club are making news. Last Thursday, as part of the club’s “Say No to Anti-Semitism” campaign, Chelsea FC unveiled a massive mural by British-Israeli artist Solomon Souza, to hang on the club’s stadium wall throughout the …