Easter weekend for me, based on years of childhood ritual in rising early, putting on my new Easter dress, shoes and bonnet, and going to church once again to witness the rising of the dead, is alive and well with me this Easter Sunday.
Though some of that ritual is gone from my current routine, thinking about rebirth [...]
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I almost always include bits of the following lesson on purpose management when I speak to new hires – wanting to get them off to the right start with how to work in an environment that demands a lot – and is distracting at times. I thought I’d share it again with you as we [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on December 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I had the gift (and yes today it is a gift) of getting away to one of California’s prized possessions – Muir Woods, Stinson Beach and the beauty and splendor of the West Coast.
I participated in a day-long silent yoga retreat. For those unfamiliar, it’s a small group gathered in a ‘yurt’ (slightly fancier [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on December 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rob Brezsny, one of my favorite authors and divine messengers asks, “Have you ever been loved so deeply and so much that you have become jaded about
the enormity of the grace it confers?”
Let me remind you: To be loved is a privilege and a prize equivalent to being
born. If you’re smart, you pause regularly to bask in [...]
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Today we received a gift that was very difficult for someone to ‘gift’ us. It was a four year-old precious, sweet black lab, and picking her up from her current owners was ‘painful’. Their unconditional love for this fabulous dog allowed them to part with their family – in order for Scott and I to [...]
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What a lifelong stratagem for defeat ‘attachment’ is.
Detachment is essential on the path to inner fulfillment, but it has often been confused with abandonment. The general opinion is that we must renounce the things that give us worldly pleasure in order to experience detachment, but attachment is not the same as possessing.
You can have possessions [...]
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Steve Chandler, in almost all his books, addresses the question often asked by many, “There are things that seem to distract me from my goal – why can’t I stay focused on a goal?”
And his response is always the same, “It’s not a strong enough goal. It’s not a commitment yet. If you’re commited to something, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 20th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In The Craft of the Warrior, author Robert L. Spencer explores what it means to be a current-day warrior. I loved this book, and I read a lot, but Spencer does a beautiful job of weaving all the terrific teachings of don Juan through Carlos Castaneda into his original thoughts. The works of Castaneda form [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on August 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“”All who wander are not lost.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien
It’s hard to wonder for some. It’s harder to wander for some.
It’s hard to understand why bad things happen to good people. Why we’ve lost our job, torn ligaments in our knees, lost our legs, didn’t get the job, didn’t get pregnant, you get it.
And it’s interesting to watch [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you want to find more meaning in your life – tune in to my ‘life coach’.
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