by marshal | Oct 30, 2008 | Integrity, Lessons Learned, Love, Truth
In her book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin chronicles the impact of Lincoln’s kindness to his enemies even as they attacked and smeared him. President Lincoln’s unwillingness to retaliate produced results for...
by marshal | Oct 23, 2008 | Integrity, Lessons Learned
I was handed a can of beer upon entering a high school party. The words of my mother echoed in my ears, "I trust you implicitly; please don't ever betray my trust." As a teenage boy these words could not have been more frustrating! But my mother knew...
by marshal | Oct 16, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Purity
Observing me reading a newspaper, my Hungarian ministry partner responded with cynicism that I actually believed its content. His experience had taught him not to believe anything he read in newspapers. Public discourse everywhere today is filled with shaded truths...
by marshal | Oct 9, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Priorities
Until the mid-1970’s graduates at most medical schools in the United States recited the Hippocratic Oath. In fact, I was in the last graduating class at my medical school to take this pledge. One of the tenets was Transcendence – the recognition of the...
by marshal | Oct 2, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Love
It was the morning of my flight from Vienna to Philadelphia. When I fly west, I try to eat only a small breakfast since food will be served on the airplane throughout the day. On this day I intended to eat just a small bowl of muesli to hold me over. But alas, the...
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