Friday Reflections #115: Accepting the Present Moment
I have an amazing life, but I often forget that. If you are reading this, you also have a wonderful life. Do you also forget sometimes? Do you catch yourself being down, angry, frustrated, depressed, fearful, or resentful? If so, it often starts resisting what is. If I feel like this moment needs to be […]
Friday Reflections #114: Beauty
Is there anything more beautiful than the late-afternoon sun-drenched, yellow, aspen leaves fluttering in the breeze against the bright blue sky? Not to me. But here’s the trick. I must slow down, I have to be still, in order to experience the beauty. I have lived so much of my life so fast I literally […]
Friday Reflections #113: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim Part Two: Misogi
A misogi is an event that pushes you to your limits, forcing you to confront your fears and weaknesses. Michael Easter says it is so difficult that you’re only 50% sure that you can complete it, and you can’t die. In my book, Purposeful Living, I wrote about challenges making us feel alive. I experienced […]
Friday Reflections #112 – Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim Part One: Community
Community is so important and in so many ways. People that have good relationships, that live in community, live longer and more fulfilled lives. The Harvard Stude of Adult Development shows the best lives, the happiest lives are those that have good relationships. Community. And we also accomplish more together than we do alone. This […]
Friday Reflections #111 – Mid-Life Transition
Several things this week have me reflection on midlife transition. First, I flew with my youngest child, Kayli, to Scotland and got her set up at college and then left her there! I won’t see her until Christmas. The youngest! I am now back as an almost empty-nester, as my oldest is living his own […]
Friday Reflections #110 – Purpose vs. Service
I have thought deeply about purpose my entire life, but especially the last five years. When I first did the institute for self-actualization workshop in 1989, I heard George Bernard Shaw’s poem, “This is the true joy in life being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.” When I attended Tony […]
