Discover your bliss

In follow your bliss

Remember when Joseph Campbell burst onto the scene when Bill Moyers did a PBS series on his work? The phrase “Follow Your Bliss” became something like a pre-Internet meme: do what you love and the rest will follow.  At the time, I was dubious. It sounded like a chant from the Sixties, back when flower…Read More


I don’t think of myself as a hero. Nor do most people. Yet I suspect that in a crisis, I might find myself doing something heroic, instinctively. If I saw someone drowning, I might—without thinking—dive into the water to help. Yet there are many less dramatic situations where I’m not sure how I would react.…Read More


Doing the Impossible Aaron Donaghy is a high school teacher in Detroit whose mission is to teach his students how to do what sounds impossible.  His leadership program offers students the opportunity to make a difference in the world—before they graduate, before they hold a job, before they become adults. In fact, many of his…Read More


“Tremendously deep and heart felt life story and appeal for us all to seek the truth, the fair, the good and to be reasonable in our journey and as we seek outcomes in all we do.  An appeal to the constructive dialogue about the past, present and future.  A call to action to get off our “perch”…Read More


Shout-outs to silence bullying

In A Sincere Compliment

If you want to feel better about the human race, you’ll get a quick infusion of hope by following @WestHighBros on Twitter.  Scroll down the feed and in less than a minute you’ll be beaming. And you may also be thinking that this is how everyone should be using Twitter. Each tweet is nothing more,…Read More