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Category Archives: Values
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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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 – Owning My Life – Attention and Intention
25 March 2016 Most people believe that their actions have consequences but don’t think through the implications of that belief. But Steve did. He believed, as I do, that it is precisely by acting on our intentions and staying true … Continue reading
Touchstone – Ballast and Keel
22 January 2016 In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves. ~Rumi Quiet reflection, space to query and listen are a way to explore the values that matter deeply to me. This is not unproductive … Continue reading
Ballast and Keel
19 January 2016 Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers. ~Ester Buchholz It’s been raining in northern California, a … Continue reading
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