Author Archives: Marc Casciani

Good things happen when we’re patient, but only if we remain active. What? Active patience? That’s an oxymoron. Not an “empty” active where you’re just doing things to stay busy. Rather, an “intentional” active where you’re meaningfully serving others. Carve out daily quiet time for yourself to reflect on who and how you can serve.ContinueContinue reading “Active Patience”

Everybody everywhere was born to do something. The first challenge is believing that statement. The second challenge is understanding what it means. The third challenge is fulfilling it. “What should I do with my life?” is the question to which we all want an answer. Here’s a hint to finding the answer: it’s not aboutContinueContinue reading “An Invitation”

As I walked out of the Pine-Richland Athletic Hall of Fame banquet last evening, I noticed something painted on the wall as I exited the cafeteria. It was something I had never noticed before, a quote from Mister Rogers. There are three ways to ultimate success:The first way is to be kind.The second way isContinueContinue reading “Ultimate Success”

The Moses is a sculpture by the Italian Renaissance artist, Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. How did the word “retirement” creep into America’s culture? The dictionary defines it as the action of leaving one’s job and ceasing to work. Leaving one’s job, ok, that is not tooContinueContinue reading “Retirement”

Humility is the fulcrum of a virtuous and civil society. At the far left is envy. At the far right is pride. Envy produces feelings of discontentment or resentfulness where one longs for someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. Pride produces feelings of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements, qualities, or possessionsContinueContinue reading “The Better Angels of Our Nature”

Response attributed to Benjamin Franklin at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation. In America, we have the right to a free country, but we may not always have the ability to maintain it. It depends on who lives here, whatContinueContinue reading “Right vs. Ability”

We celebrated our daughter’s 15th birthday yesterday. Jarah is such a blessing. She displays an innate quality that is much needed today, dignity. Dignity is the state or quality of being worthy of honor and respect. Jarah treats everyone with dignity. Her name is a gender-neutral name of Arabic origin that means boldness, bravery. SheContinueContinue reading “Diversity, Dignity, and Inclusion”

One of my favorite episodes of “Seinfeld” is The Opposite (S5:E22 – May 19, 1994). In the episode, George Costanza decides to turn his life around by doing the exact opposite of what he would usually do. George: Every decision I’ve ever made in my entire life has been wrong. My life is the completeContinueContinue reading “Opposite George”