October 11, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Climbing the mountain I heard a story the other day about a lifetime journey up the mountain. We start at the bottom of our journey with our possessions, the things that define us. Our photographs, clothes, status, image, title, station in life, career, all of these...
October 7, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The Grace of Reverence Following our exploration of pride, which I continue to be aware of when it shows up in my life, it is time to look at the grace of reverence. How delicious is the word…reverence…such a sound that I love. It has always been one of my...
September 24, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Exploring the Seven Graces and the Seven Passions Long-time readers will know I am a big fan of the work of Caroline Myss. I went to my first workshop with Caroline in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1997. In her latest book, Defy Gravity, she talks of the seven graces and...
September 21, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
Trusting our guidance Here is the point of my struggle. For many years now, I have followed my inner guidance. Not in all things. (I would be a Saint if this were the case, and I am far from that.) But in the majors. (I now measure success as my ability to follow my...
September 13, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
On Forgiveness Borrow the Beloved’s eyes. Look through them and you’ll see the Beloved’s face everywhere. No tiredness, no jaded boredom. “I shall be your eye and your hand and your loving.” Let that happen, and things you have hated will become helpers. A certain...
September 7, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development
Beginning of the beginning Well, I made it. It was never really in doubt…but here I am, now in the dawn of my 5th decade. What a journey these last few months have been. On Tuesday, August 31st, 2010, I finally felt like this was the beginning of the beginning....
