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“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” -Rumi “The answer you are looking for is found in the action you are avoiding. You don’t find yourself through planning, you find yourself through acting. The path is found in the action. Act and adapt, don’t think and plan.” -Sahil Bloom Speaking ofContinue reading “Take Charge”

“We suffer far more in our imagination than in reality.” -Seneca Yes, I understandThat every life must endAs we sit aloneI know someday we must go Oh, I’m a lucky manTo count on both handsThe ones I loveSome folks just have oneYeah, others they got none Stay with meLet’s just breathe -song, “Just Breathe” byContinue reading “Kevin Smith’s Life Advice”

“Facts are important, but facts don’t create learning. Stories do. A story fits into (and changes) our understanding of the world. Good teachers are storytellers, and storytellers are teachers.” -Seth Godin Facts are fine. But stories are where the gold is. If you want to teach people or inspire them to take action, tell themContinue reading “Teach Through Story”

“The dude abides. I don’t know about you but I take comfort in that. It’s good knowin’ he’s out there. The Dude. Takin’ er easy for all us sinners.” -The Stranger (played by Sam Elliott) in the film, The Big Lebowski “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit ofContinue reading “Abide”

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” -Epicurus “Once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” -Germany Kent TheContinue reading “Once Hoped For”

“In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present,—I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world? Or have I been made for this, toContinue reading “The Ensemble Of Life”

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” -GK Chesterton “A painting that looks hideous in one frame might look sublime in another. In art gallery terms, then, an optimist is someone who customarily places life’s paintings into frames that make them look beautiful, and a pessimistContinue reading “Reframing”

Now matter how bad the day is going, you always have a chance to begin again. Awareness is the key. You need to first realize things are going off the skids before you can course correct. A daily meditation practice might be helpful. Two sports analogies that might also be helpful: In hockey, at theContinue reading “Zambonis, Groundskeepers and Beginning Again”

“What’s worth doing even if I fail?” -Brene Brown “Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, howeverContinue reading ““Even If I Never See It?””

As I walk through this wicked worldSearchin’ for light in the darkness of insanityI ask myself, “Is all hope lost?Is there only pain and hatred and misery?” And each time I feel like this insideThere’s one thing I wanna knowWhat’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding? Oh-ohWhat’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding?Continue reading “Peace, Love and Understanding”