by Avie | Jun 14, 2019 | support, valuing service
Every once in a while I get curious about a word’s etymology. Just the other day I was wondering about support. At first I was wondering about the times in my life that I stubbornly resisted, turn away, support offered by others. And the opposite, too –...
by Avie | Mar 15, 2019 | gratitude, valuing service
Per usual, I began this letter today by combing through free stock photos for blogs. With no idea in mind… simply waiting to be taken by an image… I stumbled across this Pantone 578 mug. I spent many years operating an offset printing press and Pantone was...
by Avie | Mar 10, 2019 | valuing service
Today I want to thank you all for that moment, that still and quiet moment, just before you put your name on the calendar and commit to a shift. Choosing to take a shift – choosing to take a moment out of our full and busy lives in order to make ourselves...
by Avie | Mar 3, 2019 | experiences of Listening, support, valuing service
At our meeting last month, Linda mentioned how our listening impacts people beyond the guests we serve. That we choose to listen, influences people peripheral to the LP. Linda spoke about how she was at dinner with friends and was asked something along the lines of,...
by Avie | Sep 10, 2017 | valuing service
Julie F. handed a sheet of paper to me a week ago after we served a shift at BFS. On that sheet of paper was the quotation below. It reminded her of the volunteers at the LP – a generally happy and grateful bunch, if our recent annual retreat is any indication....
by Avie | Jan 17, 2014 | experiences of Listening, valuing service
Jan 17, 2014 @ 11:47 Back in 2007, Mary Cartwright and Marcia Wakeland, both from Alaska, met for the first time at a conference in Vancouver, BC. An aspect of that conference entailed a visit to an organization called The Listening Post, a place dedicated to...
