March 10, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
Out to play The pelican, the seagull and the fisherman. At the beach. Reminding me that there is fun to be had in surprising ways. Life wants novelty. Spontaneity. Surprise. Too easy do I fall into the shadow of the serious. Hard at work saving the world, or just...
March 7, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
Celebration Too many times in our focus on the distant horizon we forget to stop and celebrate the steps taken so far. The journey is long, filled with challenges. It tugs us awake at night, tossing us from question to possibility. Our whole being might be inhabited...
February 22, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
Isolation is the enemy of wealth But first, what is wealth? Etymologically, wealth is well-being, happiness, prosperity and good health. Our current society has reduced the meaning to only one form. Financial. To be wealthy is to be whole and happy, not wanting in any...
January 27, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Nourished by Solitude There is more than enough noise. The noise of screens and messages, a constant presence. The noise of the demands of life. The noise in our head. An endless stream of unedited, often disturbing and destructive monologue. To withdraw from the...
January 15, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
Small Pleasures Big Effects I have been injured and so my usual running has not been possible. Whenever this happens I appreciate the ability to walk. And when I finally get back to running, I appreciate the ability to run, all be it very slowly because of loss of...
January 7, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
To stay engaged with life People seek the elixir of youth, resorting to everything from injecting foreign substances to preserving the dead body in the hope it might be resurrected with technology. (Nothing new about that, the Pharaohs and others got that trend...