January 15, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
The thread of hope Hope is the voice that says that good, right and justice will prevail in the end. If that voice is gone, if hope is lost, then we are lost. To feel hopeless is a soul death. The thread of hope, even if tenuous, is precious. In dark times hold the...
January 1, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Giving up, letting go, composting Looking at the grass over there…means not seeing the abundance at our feet, even when the pantry is bare. The grass is always greener somewhere. Like chasing the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, it is a fools game that has only...
December 31, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The only question of importance for this last day of 2020 The only question of much importance on the last day of the year is did I bring my whole self to this year? Included in this question are the following subcategories concerning wholeness. Was I bold enough? Did...
December 28, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
Composting the personal There is something about this time of year that has me spontaneously clean out. It is as if I need to edit, delete, clean, create space…as a natural impulse before the new year. The spirit of cleaning out and throwing away possesses me like a...
December 25, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Sustainability
Author your own special day This day means so many different things. It is my cousin-in-laws Birthday. It is a time when people feel alone, or crowded. When we might eat and drink too much, or go hungry. When many spend hours preparing food. Where we gather. For...
December 23, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Exploring the edges of enough What is enough? Enough love, enough laughter, enough beauty? Perhaps enough money, possessions, property? Rights? Freedom? When I was invited as a guest to the favelas in Brazil enough was very little and yet laughter led everywhere. At...