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 | Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What breaks you, and why knowing matters to leadership? We all have our breaking points. Our soft underbelly. The places we can be shamed and humiliated. But their flavour and access points are usually different for each person. One person may be iron-willed at work,...
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, 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....
