100th Blog Entry

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Milestones Matter

I noticed just now that my previous blog entry was #99, and so I wanted to make it 100. Who knew that I'd have the stamina? I guess I did. I love to write and reflect. I was born to blog.

Illness Cured Inspires Gratitude

Cipro is miraculous. It kicked in this afternoon and Pat and I went to dinner at the clubhouse and I had something other than yogurt.

Tomorrow will mark four more months to my short-term foreign service assignment in India.

The Cipro miracle makes me want to list other things I'm grateful for:

• Pat's companionship and witty punditry always, and particularly while we're far from much of what's familiar
  
• The mission I have, to help IBM India leaders at all levels be even more effective through my work here
  
• My management's sponsorship of me in this assignment and in my Masters education
  
• Being able-bodied
  
• Being mentally-well
  
• That people here are most often warm in my experience
  
• That I have a particularly dear friend and colleague here
  
• I'm gaining direct appreciation for more of the world's humanity
  
• Hinduism is on my radar now, where it was remote prior to living here
  
• A colleague was receptive to my coaching on her leadership development facilitation
  
• There's a gorgeous pool close by
  
• "Red Cap" is shown on BBC here...in six minutes
  
• We live in a nice house; my favorite part is walking out the door every morning past the roses and hibiscuses in the garden....