About that Parable of Talents - People are Depending on Us! I got a message from a family in desperate need and I was so sad that I couldn’t just write out a check for the exact amount to help them out. It got me thinking...how long have I been dancing around the bonfire instead… Continue reading About That Parable of Talents
Author: Ama
Ama Danesi is the author of the upcoming inspiring book "Consider The Promise - Helping your Unique Child Find Their Purpose.“ She has an MBA, an M.A. in Humanities, and careers in banking and administration in corporate Nigeria and America. Ama enjoys her family and life in beautiful, sunny California and blogs at amadanesi.com.
Day Shift at the Weather Station
Day Shift at the Asylum (Excerpt from Poem by Ama Danesi) Blond dandy meteorologist pumped his fist High in the air giddy with the forecast of sunshine Promised to the nurse high on whatever she gets high on Promised to diminished egos stranded under hopeless arcs Promised to beach bums in Venice, like that even… Continue reading Day Shift at the Weather Station
Why I Wanted Bangs
Why I Wanted Bangs Walking out of the grocery store, out of my peripheral vision I spotted her. Cute in a mud colored shorts and white silky tie shirt, not sure what she had on her feet, but it was the hair that stopped me dead cold. She had on bangs. She looked just like… Continue reading Why I Wanted Bangs
This Day Had Some Plans
This Day Had Some Plans - A Poem on the strong power of suggestion. This day had its plans. I had mine. They did not include a crash, a stumble, an ice pick, the urge to see the security footage of my foolishness again and again. This body, this heart so accustomed to pain denies… Continue reading This Day Had Some Plans
Regret Minimization Theory in Practice
Regret Minimization Theory of Jeff Bezos - In Practice I don't want to fade way or slip silently into the twilight. We write or soon people forget. I believe life gives us credit for foolish or ill-timed decisions, because they advance our calling in some way. We call it experience and it worms it’s way… Continue reading Regret Minimization Theory in Practice
