Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
Breathe the Earth
Monday, November 25th, 2013
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kiss the ground.
─Rumi
Reach. Stretch. Dream. Live.
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
Poem: Divine Nature
Friday, June 7th, 2013
It’s all nature
Chipmunks hopping along the field
Deer crossing a wooden path
As the wind blows in a southern direction
So many birds fly across the sky — heaven on earth
What are all their names?
What is mine?
It’s all the same
Divine Nature
Book Review: The Power of Starting Something Stupid
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” Paulo Coelho, Author of the Alchemist
What if we realized that in order to accomplish our dreams, we will sometimes have to start something stupid?
After reading Richie Norton’s new book, The Power of Starting Something Stupid, I learned that the smartest people in the world don’t run away from stupid ideas; they lean into it. What if we let go of excuses and gave into our dreams?
If anyone has ever told you that your idea was crazy, then you would be in good company. Richie Norton reminds us that many brilliant minds before us were labeled as crazy: Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Sara Blakeley, Ben Horowitz, Walt Disney and William Shakespeare.
In The Power of Starting Something Stupid, Richie Norton redefines stupid as the new smart and explains that life-changing ideas are often mislabeled stupid. What if the key to success, creativity, and joy in your life lives in the potential of your stupid ideas?
As Norton says, “Projects allow us to experiment and determine what works and what doesn’t. They allow us room to fail and modify our ideas to achieve eventual success.” The important thing is to make room for the experiment – the stupid idea.
Isn’t it better to look back years from now and not have regret for what we didn’t do? There will always be an excuse of why we didn’t start something. Norton points out the three most common excuses: the lack of time, the lack of education or experience and the lack of money. Even if we had all of these, there is still no guarantee that our idea will work. How liberating to just go ahead and live out our stupid idea!
This book is rich and inspiring. Norton shares a very personal story about how he came to live his stupid ideas. After great losses in his life, he learned from grief what he calls Gavin’s Law: Live to Start. Start to Live.
No more excuses. Start something stupid — the smartest thing you can do.
Love Endures
Friday, March 29th, 2013
Love asks.
Love expands.
Love invites.
Love creates.
Love celebrates.
Love welcomes.
Love dreams.
Love joins with more love.
Love endures.
Life as Our Meditation Practice
Monday, March 25th, 2013
It is easy to find peace in the quiet uninterrupted moments.
Seeking peace in the chaotic noisy moments is where our practice comes in.
Our daily meditation practice – Life.
Daily living is our meditation practice.
Coloring Outside the Lines
Saturday, March 16th, 2013
Sunrises and sunsets color outside the lines in the sky everyday.
What would it take for you to color outside the lines?
(Photo by Mary Anne Flanagan)
Take Time
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Take time to look out into your world.
Take time to look into your world.
Take time to notice.
Take time to be aware of your breath.
Take time to be.
Take time to open to grace.
Take time to walk in beauty.
Take time to listen to nature.
Take time to explore the depths of your heart.
Take time. Take your time.
(Photo by Mary Anne Flanagan)
Ready to Fly
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Do you hear the whispers of the winged ones?
They are inviting you to spread your wings and fly. They are inviting you to soar. They are inviting you to expand your wings. They are inviting you to reach out farther than your eyes can see. They are inviting you to fly wing to wing.
Are you willing to soar, expand, reach out, fly, and spread your wings?
I Am Ready and Willing…
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
… to go to my growing edge
…to leap forward
…to speak out
…to speak up
…to listen deeply
…to be bold
…to follow my heart
…to go with my gut
…to breathe peace
…to create a spark
…to light a fire of change …to spread a vision of love
Join me?