Kindness Counts

Isn’t it a worn out cliché that most of us find that there are never enough hours in a day to accomplish all we set out to do?   No matter how much we rely on our Franklin Daily Planners and the array of other time management strategies at our disposal our “To Do” lists too often seem to suffer from a “check off” deficit.   Later this week I’ll be flying from my Florida Panhandle home to the West Coast.   To me westward bound flights are amusing; from the central time zone it affords me the magic of a 26 hour day and with it the opportunity to efficiently apply those bonus hours, which I feel certain I will (not).   😃     Time, the great equalizer, also has its sense of humor.   Not much more than a day after arriving in California will my additional 120 minutes be squandered and then some, on a scheduled red eye flight to North Carolina, resulting in what will be a mere 21 hour Saturday.   The injustice! Recently I listened to a particu...

For many of us who work in an office setting our days bring an element of predictability.   We check into the job either physically or sometimes remotely these days, analyze and evaluate data, talk with customers, and maybe attend meetings.   There are of course deviations and crises that occur, but for the most part we have a general idea of what awaits us.   Except, you still never know what a day may bring. Many years ago I was the HR Director for a small municipality.   It was about the time that illicit drugs were becoming a national scourge and many communities sought and received state and federal funds dedicated to narcotic eradication units, otherwise known as drug task forces.   These agencies tended to operate undercover with Police Officers infiltrating drug rings.   I knew the Commander of our task force and mentioned to him that if ever an opportunity came about I would enjoy observing their work. One sunny morning the Commander p...