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The absolute must-do right now: Curate your intake
Posted on September 15, 2020 22 Comments
“In the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal. We are intimately related. May we never even pretend that we are not.”– Mr. Fred Rogers For the next six weeks, I’m participating in a Laddership Pod with 175-some people from 19 countries. Every day, we read a selected reading and then reflect on what it […]
What would a being of light do today?
Posted on September 9, 2020 26 Comments
“If we only knew deeply, absolutely, that our smallest act, our smallest thought, has such far-reaching effects; setting forces in motion; reaching out to the galaxy; how carefully we would act and speak and think. How precious life would become in its integral oneness.”–Irina Tweedie So let me guess. The question I posed in today’s […]
Escape from the trance
Posted on September 2, 2020 28 Comments
“To save the planet, we don’t need technological breakthroughs or vast amounts of capital. Essentially, we need a radical change in our thinking and behavior.” – Rob Hopkins German mystic Meister Eckhart said, “God is at home. It is we who have gone out for a walk.” Because we are distracted by a long litany […]
Who’s on your board of directors?
Posted on August 28, 2020 30 Comments
“Your creator is itching to contact you.” – George Washington Carver One of my first books, commissioned by a national seminar company, was about mentoring — how to be one, how to find one. SkillPath, the company that hired me to write it, sold it at the seminars they trotted around the country giving. Upon […]
Monday’s Miracle Manifesto
Posted on August 24, 2020 22 Comments
“Give of yourself as freely as you possibly can to eliminate the darkness.”—Tituss Burgess Good morning, merry miracle makers. Thought I’d take a moment to share a miracle story that recently came my way. It’s from Tituss Burgess, the Emmy-nominated singer/actor who plays Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s gay, out-of-work roommate. I became interested in him because […]
The sky’s the beginning
Posted on August 17, 2020 37 Comments
“I am frightened and I am fearless. I am weak and I am a warrior. I am uncertain and I am confident. And by learning to embrace the paradox in all of it, I am more myself.”—Alicia Keys So I read an incredibly inspiring book this weekend. And, no, it wasn’t published by Hay House […]
The whole breath and nothing but the breath
Posted on August 7, 2020 34 Comments
“He who half breathes, half lives.”—Ancient Eastern proverb So I hear there’s a new bestseller about the power of breathing. Written by James Nestor, it’s called Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. I’ve ordered it and am looking forward to reading it, but, from what I can tell, it echoes much of the […]
Fall in love with the world you can’t even see yet
Posted on August 3, 2020 37 Comments
“Perceptual bias affects nut jobs and scientists alike.”—Martha Beck India won its freedom from British colonial rule in 1947. Mahatma Gandhi, who led the nonviolent battle, used to say, “India will be independent as soon as its people can see it in their own minds.” In other words, they had to focus not on what […]
Money? Who needs money?
Posted on July 20, 2020 41 Comments
“I cannot afford to waste my time making money.”–Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz I’m speaking tomorrow at Marc Allen’s Summer Writing Workshop. To prepare, I re-read my 2017 book, Art & Soul, Reloaded. It was Taz’s favorite of my 20 books and, in fact, I dedicated it to: “Taz, the most creative person I know.” One […]
This could be the best day of your life
Posted on July 17, 2020 66 Comments
“Miracles happen all the time. People just fail to notice them.”–Lorna Byrne Happy Friday, miracle investigators. I trust you’re still enjoying daily miracles. Thought I’d pop by today with this excerpt from my book, Thank & Grow Rich: a 30-Day Experiment in Shameless Gratitude and Unabashed Joy. Needless to say, it means even more to […]
