Fox On The Beach – “Let Me Be Brave in the Attempt”

I recently spent a week in Greenville, South Carolina. I was there to do leadership training with a group of high energy professionals who provide life and wellness services to first responders across the nation. When I travel, I always work in at least a couple of days to explore the area, see new sights,…

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Fox on the Beach – NYPD Chief Steve Bonano, a Person of Service

Back in 1979, at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, a student was robbed. NYPD Cops in plain clothes were chasing the guy who did it. Another student, Steve Bonano, actually jumped in and helped them grab him. That was all Steve needed to set his sights on joining the NYPD, and living a…

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What Happiness Knows

The sound of the musicNot just the lyrics The birdsOn noisy streets The beautiful airAbove the tall buildings Blue skiesBeyond the cloudsAbove the rain The goodnessIn all beingsAll things The perfectionIn own self Happiness knows thisHappiness feels thisHappiness shares this Happiness is this Joe Fox, October 25th, 2022 (First thoughts conceived December 16, 2017. Worked…

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Our Thoughts

Sharing a poem that began with some random thoughts on my terrace five years ago, that I revisited recently after a missed opportunity, the day a friend died who I thought to call the day before, but did not. Our Thoughts Thoughts pour into our mind,Nonstop, constantly flowingIdeas of goodnessBest intentionsCaring They root from our…

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Fox on the Beach – Serving Us – August 5th, 2022

Two years ago today, a man died, serving all of us. Did you ever look out from our Rockaway Beach and notice that cluster of cargo ships off in the distance, about 10 nautical miles out? A little more than half of all the imported goods come to the United States from cargo ships. Many…

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Fox on the Beach – Of Our Darkest Moments – June 3, 2022

Several years ago I visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC for the first time. It impacted me in a way that nothing else has in my life. Recently, I extended a business trip to DC for one full day, just so I could see the museum again, with no place else to go,…

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Our Beauty

Sharing a poem that came to me sitting on my terrace, having dinner. Alone in my thoughts and admiring the beauty on the empty beach, a feeling came over me, that all of the beauty we see, is even more wonderful, because it is there for all of us. Our Beauty I see the moonOver…

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