{"id":1102,"date":"2013-01-09T02:31:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T06:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/cld\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2013-01-13T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-13T21:47:55","slug":"three-minute-leadership-peace-and-love-to-you-and-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2013\/01\/three-minute-leadership-peace-and-love-to-you-and-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: Peace and Love to You and Yours"},"content":{"rendered":"
To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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It is that wonderful time of year again when the holiday spirit\u00a0fills our mind and heart, and gently moves us away from the hectic pace of our lives\u2026 when we pause, reflect in the quiet of our souls and find a warm and soothing peace. While results and commitments are no less important, holiday activities – such as gift buying and preparing for family and friends get-togethers – begin to take precedence\u00a0in our list of priorities.\u00a0 The world around us contributes to our change: stores are wonderfully decorated; holiday music streams from radios and ipods; home decorations appear.\u00a0 Our world is transformed around us to one of festivity and joyful tranquility. It is a time of peace. As Norman Vincent Peale, minister and author, once said, it is as though the holiday season \u201cwaves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.\u201d Yes, it is a time of \u201cjoy to the world.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Memories fill us.\u00a0 We remember the joys of our youth and the people who were and are integral parts of our lives and happiness. There is sadness for those we love who are no longer with us.\u00a0 This gentle memory of them, however, is our gift to them, and theirs to us.\u00a0 It is our way of saying to them:\u00a0\u201cI love you forever\u00a0and will never forget you.\u201d We embrace those around us and share with each other a very special gift of love.\u00a0 Hamilton Wright Mabie,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>essayist, captured this wonderful spirit of the season:\u00a0 \u201cBlessed is the season which\u00a0engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Let us enjoy and take great learning from this magnificent and beautiful time.\u00a0Let us all be embraced in this conspiracy of love. As Eva Logue writes, may you be as a candle which makes no noise at all, but slowly gives itself away.\u00a0 May this be your greatest gift to others and yourself that in your quiet reflection you see with brilliant clarity the happiness and joy of all the beauties that life offers.\u00a0 May you and yours have a joyous and beautiful Holiday Season, a Merry Christmas and may this New Year be the best ever!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Have a beautiful day and a fantastic week!!!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mike\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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