March 21, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Start with love I love humanity. All of it. The mess, the angst, the pain, and the incredible kindness. A long time ago I knew I stood at a threshold of how to hold myself in life. I knew I could choose to harden my heart, to build walls, to become the cynic. I chose...
March 19, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The liminal space has its own gestation Liminal. On the threshold. The space between. Where the questions tug. And the next step is not yet formed, but forming. It is a place for holding. Being. Seeking. Urgency is forbidden. The liminal space has its own gestation....
March 18, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The dirt underneath our fingernails Our path towards wisdom is a dance between hubris and humility. In our hubris, we presume we are greater than the Gods. In our humility we are floored. The soil, the dirt, the decay of humus is our place of existence. A farmer will...
March 15, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
A depth that is calm As I write this, the ocean is raging, responding to a tropical low called Linda. Even in her violence, there is beauty. Whitecaps, massive waves, chaos. To be observed only, for participation is a fool’s game. Somewhere out there, not far...
March 14, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
When was the last time you cried tears of joy? In writing this, I thought hard about leaving the line above and adding nothing else. The question is so evocative and worth considering. I had to really hold this question close to find an answer, which in its own...
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....
