June 6, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Beauty knows integrity To be surrounded by such beauty is almost painful. To simply stand and allow beauty to engulf us requires being still. We are conditioned to be fidgety. To be distracted by screens and haptic hits. To be fully present to beauty requires the...
June 2, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Being with people in their context I am writing on a train heading to the airport to fly to Geneva. This trip was cobbled together at the last minute around a three-day retreat I am facilitating in Switzerland. I have been meeting, for the first time, people I have...
May 25, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
To be in the ocean is to swim in tears Saturday mornings. Sweet times. A day ahead without a plan. In the ocean before dawn, the water glassy, a rain cloud on the horizon, a sunrise etched in my memory but not captured in bytes. Stunning beauty. Today, my arms, legs,...
May 11, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I know integrity when I see it Because it comes without fanfare, drama, posturing, demand, or tantrums. Integrity is to hold shape. To be fully aligned, from deep in our marrow through our heart and head, no need for false or fake projections. A tree is integrity A...
May 5, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
To confront To stand in front of. To be facing. Truth is hard. It requires us to confront. Until we do, we are at the effect of what we refuse to confront. To confront threatens everything. Our worldview. Our carefully constructed life. Our history. Our identity. The...
May 1, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Mature Love Today is my love’s Birthday. I remember the times in my twenties when a good amount of my time and energy was focused on finding love. Even starting with the question – is this person the one – is the wrong question, for it thickens the space...
