Being in Manhattan for the St.Patrick's Day parade was great fun, as usual. I have the privilege of marching with County Laois up Fifth Avenue. Seeing this lock on a US mailbox stunned me. I had never seen one before and had to walk back a couple of blocks because I wanted to capture the image. While I have not investigated the implications of this procedure, I did appreciate the metaphor for life. There are times that a virtual message just won't do. I want the recipient to open, touch and save my greeting. What if I had carefully chosen a card with exactly the right sentiment, gone to the post office for a stamp, found my address book to look up the mailing address and been confronted with this circumstance? The words would have gone unexpressed, that special person would have thought they were unacknowledged, and I would have been frustrated in my effort to do something nice. Translate that scenario into a time when you wanted to say something and didn't...hesitation, embarrassment, shyness, waiting for the exact right words, or any other excuse that prevented the expression from reaching the ears of the other person. Let coaching help you find your voice and strengthen your resolve to have it heard.