It is my assertion that we were built for connection. Our humanity years for it. Our genetics reveal it. Our world needs it. Part of the problem, as I see it, is that connection must first begins with self. We cannot blast through life unaware...
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~Friedrich Nietzsche ...
We have art to make. We have work to do that might not feel like work. We have people to meet. We have a world to change, one life, one connection at a time. So, lets not only appreciate our depth, at the depth of...
David Wen is my friend. I consider him a close friend and someone I trust. I feel as if I have known David for years. Actually, we met in September while each walking the Camino de Santiago alone. We weren't alone long. In just a...
Sometimes we need new eyes, new perspectives. Solving the challenges ahead may require putting distance from old habits. "The way things have always been done" will not serve us well in a world that bears little resemblance to that world. In the past, we pushed boundaries,...
One of the things I absolutely love about my new endeavor as a licensed Realtor is the ability to set my own calendar, priorities and schedule. Of course, this is the often and easily abused part of self-employment. However, as I grow my real estate...
Perception controls so much of our daily encounters. And yet, we often don't even consider how our own mood, circumstances and worldview shapes the contacts we have, the information we receive and the conclusions we draw. My hope with this post today is that we might...
Take time. Rest. Renew. Follow the lead of nature and go dormant at times. Don't have time? Time is a made up thing anyway but even so, find some. Find moments. Take 15 minutes in the early morning to reflect, meditate, pray or journal. Not...
A book suggestion, a few thoughts and an encouragement to be grounded and to make this day matter....