by Francine Ward | Oct 25, 2017 | Esteemable Acts, Esteemable Acts Blog, Francine D. Ward, Kindness, Life
We all want to be liked. Being liked or approved can be the driving force of our existence – for whatever reason – we sometimes do things that go against our values. However, this need to be liked can compel us to comply with things we don’t agree...
by Francine Ward | Nov 2, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Air Travel, Angels, appreciation, attitude of gratitude, Change your life, Choices, Courage, Dreams, Esteemable Acts, Esteemable Acts Blog, Fun, Fun activities, How to build self esteem, improve self esteem, Life, Life Choices, Life Goals, Living your dreams
Bucket List. Not sure why it’s taken me so long to publish this post, but it has. Some might call it lazy, but lazy I’m not. Some might say, I was too busy to focus on it. But if the truth be known, I was not too busy; I was just a procrastinator. In any event, here...
by Francine Ward | Mar 5, 2016 | Esteemable Acts, Esteemable Acts Blog, Life, Life Choices
Everyone is nice and on their best behavior when there’s a celebrity amidst, especially if the celebrity is one of the anchors of the NBC TODAY Show. But how do the same people behave when the person is not a celebrity and known to them? This question came up for me...
by Francine Ward | Nov 24, 2015 | Esteemable Acts, Esteemable Acts Blog, Fear, Inspirational Stories., Life, Life Choices
Baseball Game. National Anthem. A 7-year-old boy who sang the Australian National Anthem before a baseball game had his performance “ruined” by the hiccups, or so say, more than a few TV broadcasters, including my very own broadcaster in San Francisco. Wow! No wonder...
by Francine Ward | Apr 14, 2015 | Change, Change your life, Choice, Choices, Esteemable Acts, Esteemable Acts Blog, Life, Life Choices, Life Goals, stress
Life Choices. Recently, I was in a taxi headed to La Guardia Airport. It was 4am and except for one car driving ahead of us, Second Avenue was almost bare. That is perhaps the only time of day when the streets of New York are not bustling with throngs of people and...
by Francine Ward | Dec 8, 2014 | Esteemable Acts, Esteemable Acts Blog, Family, Gratitude, Life, Love one another
Gratitude. Amazing Grace. What an amazing year this has been, mostly because of the connectedness I share with my family. An amazing grace. This past Thanksgiving I was in Atlanta and celebrated the beginning of the holiday season with 17 family members. Thirteen of...
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