Tag: respect

Etiquette

As I sat down at a favourite Vietnamese restaurant, I looked down to an etiquette textbook-perfect place setting.  Without any fanfare ...

Dialogue

I walked into the restaurant for a casual business meeting.  I turned to re-experience a now familiar mural.  In the reflection, something ...

Hope

There is something magical in honest conversations.  The most recent one seemed to start over dinner.  If either of us ...

Patience

As the videoconference began, I was pumped.  There was no doubt that the extra morning latte (small) helped.  However, I ...

Spurs

A casual conversation started with innocence. “I was listening to the radio the other day.  A listener had called in ...