December 9, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The heart-work of images imprisoned within you “The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke I was listening to Rilke as I ran the curve of the ocean shore. I will never tire of the early...
December 8, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
Paying attention It is no surprise that when something matters to us, we pay attention. The most remarkable part of this project of writing Beauty of Beginnings is that I now see the clouds, the sky, and light, with far more attention than ever before. Just this morn,...
December 7, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
This too shall pass Am I on the same beach seeing the same sun? Each day so very different. Same beach, same sun, same ocean. I am reminded that the words of the wise from time immemorial are evidenced every day… This too shall pass. This. Too. Shall. Pass. The cycles...
December 7, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
The meeting of polarities creating a beautiful third This was the dawn light, diffused with clouds and heat. A mist hung over the entire coast. Cold water meeting hot air. Wouldn’t it be lovely if beautiful mists were created when someone of different polarities met?...
December 7, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
The deliberate path of ease and flow I, like many overachievers, often choose the hard path. The uphill, the biggest challenge. Give me a 96 km run and I think nothing of it. There is much to be said for going for the biggest challenge and testing our limits. Much has...
December 3, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
The lone runner under a vast sky The lone runner under the vast canvas of the sky reminds me that we are so very small a part of a much larger story. It is so easy to feel small and unimportant. That life is overwhelming. That we are isolated. Alone. Insignificant....