Gail Tucker Whipple's Blog (2)

It's Independence Day, and here I am writing in a space where independent contractors are creating a life that works for them -- and not for a corporate king. Perhaps this would impress the Founding Fathers (and Mothers, thank you Abigail Adams et al). But I think it is now more important than ever to recognize how interdependent we actually are. I say we are and always have been interconnected, even if we act as if we don't affect one another. We have all heard that when one molecule changes i… Continue

As I paid for my purchases at a store the other day, the checker thanked me and told me to have a nice day. Pretty usual stuff. But it suddenly struck me that the checker had - at a very fundamental level - made the choice to actively create something positive in an ordinary moment that he had some control over. And that's when I began to notice an active web of incredible kindness working to be born into existence every day, everywhere -- just from ordinary work-a-day interactions. Of course w… Continue