March 13, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development
The rare art of listening This morning I am contemplating the rare art of listening. Why do I say it is a rare art? To listen. To desire to hear the whole, not the part, not the good bits, not the story you want to hear, but the story that is being told. This is rare....
March 12, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Better to make one Commitment every decade There is a Grand Canyon of differences between a commitment and a statement made without commitment. A Commitment – words spoken that are backed by the entire ecology of the speaker – resonates into the Universal...
March 11, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Friendship is precious Friends. Witnesses to our imperfections and our glories. Threatened by neither. Sees right past our petty selves. Asks us to be more whole than we usually ask of ourselves, yet at the same time they do not judge us when we fail to step up. Wipes...
March 10, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Our threshold guardian Imagine if the fearful voice in our head was our threshold guardian. Not to stop us, but to check us at the gate? Is this what you really want? It asks us in a very circumspect way. If so, my voice will get louder and louder, not more quiet....
March 7, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
I am not my past Today I have to do something that I have been avoiding. My aversion to this task comes because it will expose a bad decision made in the past. Thinking about this makes me feel vulnerable, and to a degree, a failure. Today I might remember that I am...
March 5, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Allow beauty to penetrate the mask of concentration My little dog Milly does not notice the sunrise. She is busy living in a world of smells and engaging with other dogs and people. The seagull is nonchalant. Other priorities beckon. Every day we step over the...
