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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Touchstone – Party On!
29 April 2016 The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Pablo Picasso A year ago when I set an intention to explore life satisfaction in 2 posts a week … Continue reading
Party On!
26 April 2016 Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. ~Dr. Seuss Here it is — a point that seemed so distant a year ago — the final … Continue reading
Touchstone – Quenched
22 April 2016 We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. ~His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama This morning I scanned back over post titles from 50 weeks of this year-long exploration of … Continue reading
Posted in Being Authentic, Courage, Finding Enough, Touchstones, Values
Tagged Dalai Lama
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Quenched
19 April 2016 It seems that, in transforming our responsiveness, this is not only what allows us to be surprised by the world but to also be that surprise to the world. ~Colten Steele You’ve probably realized that I love … Continue reading
Posted in Connection, Finding Enough, Giving up on perfectionism
Tagged Colten Steele, Jena Schwartz
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Touchstone – Sculpting Good Questions
15 April 2016 Instead of being in the world, let the world dwell in you. Open yourself up to it all. You won’t loose yourself. You will find you are big enough, bigger than you ever imagined. ~yoga nidra My … Continue reading
Posted in Connection, Finding Enough, Touchstones, Vulnerability
Tagged David Whyte, yoga nidra
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Sculpting Good Questions
12 April 2016 And so the ability to ask beautiful questions, often in very unbeautiful moments, is one of the great disciplines of a human life. And a beautiful question starts to shape your identity as much by asking it … Continue reading
Posted in Being Authentic, Connection, Curiosity, Giving up on perfectionism, Values
Tagged David Whyte, John Lennon
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Touchstone – Into the Heart of the Matter
8 April 2016 I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be. ~Albert Einstein I like it when, later in the day, I remember my morning horizontal and vertical stretch. Just the thought … Continue reading
Into the Heart of the Matter
6 April 2016 Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ~Kahlil Gibran One of the first stretches in my morning yoga is not really a yoga pose. It is a simple extension into the … Continue reading
Touchstone – Spring Fling
1 April 2016 Laughter, song and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration or healing: We are not alone. ~Brené Brown I’m … Continue reading