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At Twitter the TwitterSphere is all about 'Space'

Arriving at  Twitter  around 11:30am. 1355 Market Street, SF, at what was once a showcase facility for home furnishing and design. I was invited to Twitter by Caroline Quick.  Caroline provides the vision and the plans for the future expansion and development of space for Twitter world wide. When Caroline was hired (approximately 4 years ago) Twitter h ad 108 employees...now, Twitter employs over 3000. With that expansion has come the need for space. More important, however, than just square footage is the atmosphere created within the additional space. This is where Caroline's influence is felt by all.  I was fortunate because  Caroline served as our host and tour guide providing me the opportunity learn how Twitter views  its space and environment.  Caroline gives a whole new meaning to what we might refer to as the 'TwitterSphere.' Why did I get to visit Twitter? I guess its Divine Providence and good old fashion luck. Lance and his wife Bielka, parent

‘Prayer of an Anonymous Abbess’ AKA 'The Humble Leader'

‘Prayer of an Anonymous Abbess’ “Lord, thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and especially from the unfortunate habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and at every opportunity. Release me from the idea that I must straighten out other peoples’ affairs. With my immense treasure of experience and wisdom, it seems a pity not to let everybody partake of it. But thou knowest, Lord, that in the end I will need a few friends. Keep me from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Grant me the patience to listen to the complaints of others; help me to endure them with charity. But seal my lips on my own aches and pains — they increase with the increasing years and my inclination to recount them is also increasing. I will not ask thee for improved memory, only for a little more humility and less self-assurance when my own memory doesn’t agree with that of othe

...So, God made a Teacher...

May 5 - 9, 2014 A special PRAYER for Teacher Appreciation Days… This is a reading from the Book of Genesis, although this part of the Book of Genesis did not actually make it into the Bible… When the children came before him, God looked down at their beautiful faces and said:   “I need someone to help their parents shape them.”   So God made a teacher! God said:   “I need somebody to put in countless hours of planning and preparation outside of their workday, in the early mornings and late into the evenings, and then spend the day teaching these beautiful children to read, write, compute, work as a team, draw, play music, experiment, garden, play, grow in love, and believe in themselves!!!”   So God made a teacher!   “I need somebody with a huge heart,” said God.   “Someone to bring a child into the classroom and show them love while educating them and teaching them they are worth the whole world.   Someone who takes each precious individual, and treats that student li