WILLIAM W.PURKEY

Never delay your peacefulness. Your life can fall apart within an hour. Accidents, illness, loss and death happen every day. It's human nature to think these things will never occur. Yet all wise philosophers teach us of the transience of our existence.

Tomorrow is a promise, not a fact....

Listening is an act of love.

If you come across somebody difficult for you, remind yourself of the following:

• Just like me, they need to support their family.

It cna be difficult to serve on a board if you've never actually tried to be one. To see how it's like try joining a nonprofit's board then an advisory board -- they provide expertise for a smaller company that does not have in-house.