April 21, 2016 | Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
Face down in the dirt again! What is the courageous conversation I am not having? For the second time in 7 weeks, I found myself face down in the dirt. Tripped up, again, on my run. The first time with a broken arm, this time, a lesser injury… As I lay there...
March 6, 2015 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
The blues can be beautiful too To wake and feel blue might be experienced as a problem, or a gift. Those blue moods are calling out to us…warning of some part of self that needs attention. Look… here… go deeper…go down into the messy dark places that never see...
February 3, 2015 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
How do we give wild flight? There is a part of each of us that is wild. Rough, raw, prone to fury. Uncontained. This morn reminded me of my wildness. It reminded me of the few places in society where we can allow our wildness to live out loud. Perhaps dancing in your...
January 29, 2015 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
On this golden morning seek beauty A paddleboarder moves towards the light. The mighty sun, not yet cresting the horizon, gives the clouds above a laser-cut fabric-like appearance. There is a sense of peace and calm. This is a golden scene. Golden…a word that evokes...
January 7, 2015 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
On being home I am blessed to live where I do. Home is such a rich word… four simple letters that, in their unique combination, speak of ground, earth, place, space, relationship, community, rest, nourishment, peace, joy, love, birth, death, celebration, and shelter....
January 2, 2015 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability
On hope, New Year, and absolute yes’s January 1st Rather than stay up to see the fireworks, I like to get up early to greet the sun on the first day of the new year. It is the busiest early morning on the beach, with hundreds of people lingering from the night...