A hidden cavern deep within me has been echoing with the hollowness of broken promises. Not just an occasional relapse from a well-established practice, absolute abandonment is the cause for this stubborn ache. I have deserted myself. The hardest promises to keep are the ones we make to ourselves.
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There’s something about the winter sky at twilight that whispers to me. Maybe it’s the stillness of the cold, crisp air. Maybe it’s the primitive awareness of the coming night and what it will take to survive it. Maybe it’s knowing another precious day is spent. Maybe it’s the wake
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Tricky thing – speech. On one hand it provides us with the unique and precious opportunity of our species to share complex information with each other. On the other hand it can incite misunderstanding and separation between us in a nano second. How do we walk with this double edged
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The first time we happened upon a dark cyclone of 50 or more hawks swirling together up from the ground into the early evening sky we were hooked. So hooked and wanting more that we now spend many late August and early September afternoons driving dusty dirt roads in the
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A field trip to the circus in first grade forever shifted my sense of women and power. In the midst of the magic and wonder of wild animals, vibrant color, exotic sounds, daring entertainers and cotton candy I was enchanted by the lady lion tamer. More than 50 years later
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It seems to me like there is strong background music of fear wafting through our shared space. You’ve likely heard that music, too: fear of the state of the economy; fear that other political party is or is going to way mess things up; bone deep fear around the impacts
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One of my coaching colleagues told us a funny story of how her husband has what they call buffet anxiety. He gets really nervous when even thinking about going to buffets or “all you can eat” restaurants. He worries about what to choose to eat, what if he passes up
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I’ve found that to really know the truth of something we need to be able to hold the polarities of it. We need to be able to stand in the apparent paradoxes, the wide poles of the situation. We have to be able to live in both/and rather than either/or – because we live in a both/and universe.
Nothing happens unless we first dream. -Carl Sandburg If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. -Marcel Proust I’ve always been a dreamer. Night dreams, day dreams, free flowing dreams, self directed dreams –
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Political Sex Scandals Expose Three Kinds of Power
Yet another politician embroiled in a sex scandal is teetering on the edge of a fall from power. As we roll our eyes or hunt for the salacious details, I’m drawn to the exploration of power – who gets it, how hard is it to hold onto, what is it
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