Seize the Day: It’s never too late to reclaim hope

By Mary C. McDonald, Guest Columnist Updated: December 16, 2018 4:00 AM CT | Published: December 14, 2018 10:51 PM CT

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Mary C. McDonald

Dr. Mary McDonald, nationally acclaimed speaker and author, is Founder and CEO of MCD Partners, a National Consulting Firm specializing in leadership development, strategic planning, and education. For information, visit MCD-Partners.com.

It’s an inner-city neighborhood. It’s an area of burnt-out buildings and crack houses. The signs of homelessness, poverty and violence are etched into the neighborhood and into the faces of those who line up each day at the door to the church’s soup kitchen. It is, for most of them, the only food they have had since the day before, at the same place, at the same time.

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Seize the Day: It’s never too late to reclaim hope

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