Most readers of this newsletter are immersed in or anticipating "The Holiday Season" -- as the time between Thanksgiving and the New Year has become known.   In spite of my best intentions, I am never ready for this season.  For me it takes awhile for it to feel like "the most wonderful time of the year", as the song goes.  This year, though, it is helping me to think of a phrase I love from Marshall Rosenberg about a simple purpose of Nonviolent Communication - "making life wonderful".  At his time of the year we do give special attention and time to making life wonderful for one another -- and that is a wonderful thing!

When we want to make life wonderful, we give quality attention to our connections with one another.   Thinking about our connections, I am reminded of " Brain Power", a ten-minute video I shared with my niece.  It made me think of her and her 20-month old son.  She responded: "So many connections and every interaction counts!"   Indeed!  I hope you will be able to take time to enjoy the video.   Take in the images of the developing human brain of a child and the emerging global brain of the internet.   Let them stir images of your own personal and professional connections in this world.   May this "holiday season" be filled with a multitude of interactions that make life wonderful for you, your loved ones, and all you carry with special care in your heart.