Mother Teresa, humanitarian and hard-working advocate for the poor, visited North America some years ago. As the frail nun disembarked from the airplane in New York City, she was mobbed by reporters….

Do you believe that every person has a spark of genius? I do. Sometimes it’s a challenge to find that spark, but I have seen it often enough to know it is in there, somewhere….

Long after I taught Grade 12 English at Austin O’Brien High School in Edmonton, Alberta, I received a phone call from a former student, inviting me back to the twentieth reunion of the 1979 graduating class.

By far the greatest gift of my early teaching career was my newfound leadership ability. Latent until I headed a classroom of young people, my leadership capacity was awakened when the need for guidance arose and others looked to me for direction…