by Beth FItzgerald | Dec 16, 2021 | Compassion, Self-Care, Uncategorized
Yesterday, I attended the funeral of a friend. As I was getting ready at home, I realized it was December 15th—the day my mother passed away in 2008. I was already incredibly sad for my friend and his family, but this memory brought me to an old and familiar place of...
by beth | Nov 30, 2021 | Compassion, Grace, Inspirational, Kindness, Leadership, Reflection
Last night, my son was watching a hockey game on T.V. — the Buffalo Sabres versus the Seattle Kraken to be exact. It’s NHL Fights Cancer Month, so purple is the color of everything and they do a lot of messaging around this cause. They interviewed the head coach...
by Beth FItzgerald | Sep 29, 2021 | Compassion, Happiness, Health, Self-Care, Stress, Uncategorized
Some proverbial sayings seem like they are full of wisdom and truth, but are they? Like, “No news is good news,” is that really true? Sometimes, I’m sure it is, but other times, believing that proverb can make us blind to what is really happening....
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 13, 2021 | Compassion, Friday Quote, Happiness, Inspirational, Kindness, Leadership, Love
“The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.” ~ Helen Keller After reading this quote by Keller, my guess is that you thought of yourself and some of the things in your life that mean so much to you....
by Beth FItzgerald | Apr 20, 2021 | Compassion, Kindness
Life is so crazy. It’s up and down. It’s happy and sad. It’s easy and difficult. On any given day, we just aren’t sure what we are going to get. What is a good day for us might be a horrible day for someone else. But what we can count on every...
by Beth FItzgerald | Apr 7, 2021 | Compassion, Fear, Kindness, Stress
Have you noticed tensions running a little high right now, in general? Have you noticed how on edge people are? Me, too. And I’m not always the observer of these interactions. Just yesterday I got a little animated with a woman on the phone as I tried to order...