Kathy Tagudin

Seven Simple Words

"Thanks for not giving up on me." 

That was the message I received today via email.  As I read the words, my eyes filled with tears.  Although I didn't give up in this case, I couldn't help but think of all of the other people I had "written off" in my lifetime:

A New Holiday

I’ve never been one for fanfare.

Despite popular assumptions, I don’t enjoy parties, seldom celebrate holidays, and have even been known to blow off a birthday or two. So, when faced with thought of what to write for a New Year’s message—I was confronted.

Being Perfect

As I searched the internet for the "perfect" inspiration for an upcoming presentation I am working on, I came across this juicy nugget.  Please take these words to heart.  They were written for all of us.

ANNA QUINDLEN'S COMMENCEMENT SPEECH
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
MAY 23, 1999

I look at all of you today and I cannot help but see myself twenty-five years ago, at my own Barnard commencement. I sometimes seem, in my mind, to have as much in common with that girl as I do with any stranger I might pass in the doorway of a Starbucks or in the aisle of an airplane. I cannot remember what she wore or how she felt that day. But I can tell you this about her without question: she was perfect.

Are You Out of Integrity?

Photo courtesy of http://happypalace.blogspot.com/ --the coolest collection of photos on the web.

Perhaps it was the hurricanes.  Maybe it was just a coincidence.  But when five out of five appointments "cancelled" this week, I was fit to be tied. 

"What's wrong with these people?"  "Doesn't anybody honor their word anymore?" I grumbled inside.  But just as I was about to become EXTREMELY self-righteous, I started to pause.