Browsing the archives for the appreciation tag

Gratitude Redux

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I want to express my appreciation for many blessings: Family, health, a new community, meaningful work, and sustenance: from the earth, our colleagues, trainees and friends old and new. I am reposting an essay about a how the simple act of daily thanks transformed a man’s life for the better. [...]

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Gratitude

How a pledge to write thank you notes changed a man’s outlook. And his life.

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RIP: HP (1939-2010)

Talk about kicking a city when it’s down. You can take the boy out of Cleveland, but you can probably never squeeze all of the burning Cuyahoga out of me. After watching the media frenzy surrounding basketballer LeBron James and his utter betrayal/stabbing us in the back exercising his economic options, now this: Harvey Pekar [...]

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