Some ask why I write and speak in many forums about Nelson Mandela. I do as he became both my mentor and a deep inspiration. I have read many books and articles about him, met him, and went to South Africa to walk in some of the footsteps that were a part of his “LongContinue reading “Blog #29: 2025 Post: President Mandela: A Mentor and An Inspiration”
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Blog #27: 2025 Post: The Mystery of I AM
Come with me if you will and follow with your common sense this explication about I AM. Two Words – I & AM. The only two words you can say for yourself in your inward holy of holies that no one else can say. The only two words I can say for myself in myContinue reading “Blog #27: 2025 Post: The Mystery of I AM”
Blog #26: 2024 Post: A Cancer Journey
One out of six Americans are diagnosed with cancer. Yet when I received the diagnosis – I felt unique. Each and every cancer no matter how difficult or how easy the particular diagnosis – is unique. And each and every cancer impacts differently. Yet as I went through my own unique journey, I felt lessContinue reading “Blog #26: 2024 Post: A Cancer Journey”
Blog #25: 2023 Post: Closing Thoughts
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes This is my last blog for 2023. I wrote 12 in 2022. The inspiration to write these occurs in the last 6 months of the year. I will wait to see what occurs in the last 6 months of 2023. Thank you for reading myContinue reading “Blog #25: 2023 Post: Closing Thoughts”
Blog #24: 2023 Post: Two Wonderful Touches
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes On the Friday before Labor Day Weekend in 2011, I experienced vertigo for the first time. It was in retrospect likely from being dehydrated. As I got up from a prone position for a routine medical test, I needed to rush to the bathroom toContinue reading “Blog #24: 2023 Post: Two Wonderful Touches”
Blog #23: 2023 Post: The Tremendous Opportunity for “Sharing”
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes The question has been asked of me “Do you have a moral compass that leads you to your position on Wealth Transformation?” When I was 17 (I am 72 today) and obtained my driver’s license I found a car and with a friend in 1968Continue reading “Blog #23: 2023 Post: The Tremendous Opportunity for “Sharing””
Blog #22: 2023 Post: Vision for Repair and Transformation
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes Following George Floyd’s tortuous murder, many were deeply motivated to try to do something. I read Randall Robinson’s book when it came out in 2001. “The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks.” Thereafter, I frequently thought about reparations. After George Floyd’s death, I interviewed 20Continue reading “Blog #22: 2023 Post: Vision for Repair and Transformation”
Blog #21: 2023 Post: A Takeaway from the Historically Accurate McCleod Plantation Visit
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes When we went to the Plantation many things stood out and were impactful. One that stays with me is that this big house and the land from 1861 to 1863 was a headquarters for the Confederate army. Fort Sumter is visible in the distance. TheContinue reading “Blog #21: 2023 Post: A Takeaway from the Historically Accurate McCleod Plantation Visit”
Blog #20: 2023 Post: Daughter Goes to South Africa
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes My daughter Sonja Kristine was born in October of 1991. President Mandela’s autobiography was published in 1994. He was elected President in 1994. His autobiography became a passion for me. So as family nature would have it, my daughter grew up with me at theContinue reading “Blog #20: 2023 Post: Daughter Goes to South Africa”
Blog #19: 2023 Post: Speaking about Mandela
How to Welcome Mandela as Your Mentor Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes It has been a deep honor for me to be able to speak about Nelson Mandela over the past many years. I have done so with Federal Bar Associations, State Bar Associations, businesses, churches and synagogues. I haveContinue reading “Blog #19: 2023 Post: Speaking about Mandela”