November 22, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Are you an artisan The further removed a Source Idea is from the experience of those accessing or consuming the product or service created by the Source Idea, the more the product or service depreciates in value. This is true for food production as well. When we...
November 21, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
All adventures come to an end Familiar. From family. Ordinary and usual. Back to routine. Patterns. Walking a house in the dark, knowing where you are. The sound of the ocean storming as I lie half awake. The easy order at our coffee shop, regular customers....
November 19, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I love being right I have always loved being right. Often, my righteousness comes with a taint of smug superiority, especially when I am proven right. I have known for a long time that my righteous superiority is a fault line in my character. Righteousness removes...
November 18, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The confusing and the clear I am writing this looking at the sunlight over the mountains of Nikko Kinagawa on a beautiful blue sky day and a very cold morning. Last night, we experienced an onsen for the first time. A bath in the hot water of underground springs. Our...
November 17, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Comfortable with discomfort After seven days in Japan, we feel like we have crossed a threshold of ability to navigate and be with our experience. The first few days challenged us in so many ways. Confusion. Questions. Uncertainty. Getting lost. I cherish this...
November 15, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Between the mundane and sacred Yesterday, we walked through thousands of Torii gates. In the Shinto tradition, the gates are the threshold crossings between the mundane and sacred. To deliberately cross a threshold that asks us to be fully conscious of entering the...
