January 2, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport
Hard Training Many years ago I remember a house guest going out for a morning run and I wondered why on earth someone would do that. It seemed such a ridiculous activity. For the last 24 years, almost without fail, I have either run or swam (squad swimming in an...
January 1, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Our being is contagious The question, what is the contagion we are spreading? Do we spread inspiration, happiness, health? January 1st, sitting at my coffee shop with the Pacific Ocean as my vista, the sun on my bare skin, and two friends I had not seen in a long time...
December 31, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
The cycle of life and death Getting to witness a new dawn every day is a reminder that the cycle of life and death touches us all. Cycles within cycles…inhale exhale. Dawn to dusk. Birth to death. The cycles remind us that we have the opportunity to begin again. Or...
December 30, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Time Remains quite the mystery. It can speed up and leave us breathless, or slow down with an ache to hurry. We can fall backwards into the abyss of yesterday filled with regret, shame, anger, blame, longing. Or we can be sucked into a never-ending vortex of tomorrow...
December 29, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings
What can we control Sometimes the plans we had are interrupted by forces outside of our control. Technical issues, email down. People are unavailable for support over the holiday break. The question…what can we control? Right now, my email not working, web site...
December 28, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Those who seek your art If you are not creating a ruckus, then your creation may be too safe. Most of us want to please someone, some of us try to please everyone. Pleasing everyone is a path of ordinary and average. If the goal is pleasing then the path is extreme...
