Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross – April 2023 By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans, It was Franklin D. Roosevelt who once said, “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” I don’t plan on purchasing a sailboat anytime soon, but throughout the course of my life, and especially over the last seven months, I have taken some plunges into deep waters, ones I’ve never imagined sticking my big toe in,
Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross – March 2023 By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans, I’d like to share a short parable by Anthony De Mello. I read this story for the first time about ten years ago and revisit it from time to to time to reflect. “A man found an eagle’s egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of
Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross – January 2023 By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Human I hope everyone’s year is off to the new beginning that they’ve desired. If not, I hope you find the silver lining in your current season. Not sure if anyone reading this is a tennis fan, but I’ve always enjoyed watching Wimbledon since I was a kid. There is a quote from Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “If”