by PJColando | Jan 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
“The axe forgets but the tree remembers.” I can not tell a lie. This axiom reminded me of a famous children’s book by Shel Silverstein. It’s a classic, fifty years since its first-published date. The Giving Tree is always poignant in its...
by PJColando | Feb 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
In my 30s I learned a life lesson: The reward for good work is more work. The thought that followed like Mary’s little lamb was equally pertinent to quality of life: If the reward for good work is more work, then I will go into private practice because I will...
by PJColando | Dec 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Tis the season of giving, sparked by Giving Tuesday on December 1. I hope you gave your heart out that day along with lots of dough (not the bakery kind, though I posted about that last week). If you didn’t replace the jingle of personally pocketed coins with...
by PJColando | Feb 5, 2014 | Purpose
I said good-bye to thousands of people in the past several days, and then threw them in the trash. Details of restoration and recovery of skills, details of loss and re-birth, notes of triumphs and tears – documented in manila files. I finger-traced all the...
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