January 2013

21 Jan

Posted at 23:00h in Life Coaching, Uncategorized, Vision by

--and I know you do too. Came across this quote yesterday from John Updike: "Dreams come true; without that possibility nature would not incite us to have them." And of course, today being Martin Luther King, Jr. day -- and this year marking the 50th anniversary of that speech -- is meaningful to me. My dreams are full of meaning and purpose. They give me goose bumps when I think about them. And as Napoleon Hill reminds us in his Think and Grow Rich "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." You know something that separates an Olympian from a non-Olympian? Vision. The ability to look...

17 Jan

Posted at 14:32h in Cognitive-behavioral, Inspiration, Opportunity/Threat, resilience by

[caption id="attachment_996" align="alignleft" width="300"] Thank you to my dear friend Ruth Marcon to bring these words to my life - alongside so much other richness, depth.[/caption] Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its own focus....

14 Jan

Posted at 19:48h in Place, positive place, Social-Emotional Leadership, SOMO Leadership, well-being by

I am home today after three weeks away. I have mixed emotions. Exactly 21 days ago I left for New York/New Jersey on a road trip with my friend Craig. We had fun along route 80 and that fun parlayed into a fun Christmas with my family. It was a good time seeing everyone, staying at my childhood home, and eating lots of delicious Italian food. [caption id="attachment_978" align="alignleft" width="300"] Iceland, January 2013[/caption] Then, I spent a week in Iceland. What a beautiful place. “Thin,” as Rev. Tracey Lind recently described to me, meaning, it’s filled with spiritual energy – close to the...

07 Jan

Posted at 12:48h in Uncategorized by

“on earth´s part / all days start beautifully / patiently it revolves and revolves / with its trees / and oceans and lakes / deserts and volcanoes / the two of us and the rest of you / and all the animals” (Pétur Gunnarsson, Icelandic poet, seen in Reykjavik airport) [caption id="attachment_973" align="aligncenter" width="3264"] Photo shot in Reykjavik, Iceland at turn of New Year 2013[/caption]...

06 Jan

Posted at 18:40h in Uncategorized by

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...

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