January 1, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Giving from generosity versus giving from obligation Giving from generosity is generated from the source of enough. Giving from obligation is generated from the source of duty. Giving does not exist in isolation from the context and generative function. I watched a...
December 31, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The end = the beginning Endings and beginnings are pairs. The finality of endings might be heartbreaking, the loss might feel too hard to bear. Yet as sure as the sun rises and sets, there is a beginning somewhere. Similarly, beginnings might feel enormous,...
December 29, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Growth to maturity is messy Do you recall a time when you believed something with your whole heart, yet you look back at what you believed then and wonder how you possibly thought that was true? Today, you may believe something with your whole heart that you will...
December 27, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Intimacy in relationship requires profound sharing When we hold back what we are thinking, feeling and sensing in a relationship that matters to us we simultaneously fail to gift the other the opportunity to partner with us. Often times we do this because we might not...
December 26, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Avoiding oversimplification We want everything to be easy. For the solution to be simple. We reduce the complex to one word. Yet responses to some of humanity’s biggest problems are not reducible to one word or feeling. Love is not the whole answer. Love is...
December 21, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Cycles and turnings It is the solstice. In my world that means the longest day, the sun cresting the horizon at 4.45 AM. Usually, it is also high summer, where heat is seen in the air. Not this year, the air is still blessedly fresh. Once upon a time I feared change,...
