Am I happy? My coach tells me to learn how I feel.
I knew from the very first lesson that things could get a little weird working with my business coach. Coach Nancy asked me to spend time acknowledging my feelings. I’m a guy. I’m a cynic. I’m a former reporter. I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my feelings.
Mr. Long goes to Washington
Words cannot describe how honored and humbled I am to have dined with Rep. John Lewis and tour his offices in Washington, D.C. yesterday. As I described earlier this week, I was invited — on what may have been a whim — by Rep. Lewis to visit him in D.C. I wasn’t certain at the […]
Singing the same song, different tune
No matter how old I get, or how many church services I attend, there is one song that always makes me think of Sunday mornings in the pews of Bush Memorial Baptist Church: the doxology. Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise […]
Missing Buenos Aires
Maybe it’s the spring weather that has taken over Atlanta like a fever. Maybe it’s time to plan my next vacation.Whatever the cause, I have been thinking a lot about the warm weather in Buenos Aires this week. It’s been three months since Alex and I returned to snow and ice at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport — […]