A New Year & A Blank Canvas
You have at your feet a new year fresh and unblemished: A blank canvas yet unmarked by the smeared paint of failure, a fresh snow not yet trampled by despair. So here you stand, poised at the fork in the path: a part of you planning out another year’s goals and resolutions, another part hissing […]
20 Seconds of Insane Courage
When faced with a new challenge, I often reflect back on a movie I enjoyed starring Matt Damon — We Bought a Zoo. My favorite scene involved a brief dialogue between Matt and his estranged teenage son. Matt was trying to make a point and to encourage his boy to reach out to a cute, […]
Waking Up From the American Dream
I have always believed in the American Dream but we Americans really need to be awakened from our dream world. I grew up believing, “Leave it to Beaver” was a good idea and Andy Griffith’s Mayberry was a real place-I lived there! But, I’m sure you’ve noticed things have changed quite a bit over the last […]
Defeating ISIS
Help stop ISIS, love a Muslim today. Yep, that’s right. The only thing we have to fear right now is fear itself. To give in to rage & fear is exactly what ISIS wants—and that’s why it’s our responsibility to swallow our more vengeful emotions, no matter how hard that may be. ISIS (& the devil […]
A Slippery Slope
So, here we are sitting at the edge of this slippery slope into moral morass. Pondering where the latest “supreme” Court ruling will lead us as a nation. I don’t need to be “right” nor definitely do I want to be “left.” I just want freedom. I don’t want to just FEEL good about myself, […]
A Birthday Blog
TO you… Happy Birthday TO you! Happy BIRTHday TO YOUuuu….” Think about that… we almost try to will someone into happiness. It’s like we need to make a declaration over them inspiring them to be happy on the anniversary of the day the came forth screaming from their mothers warm body. Today marks yet another […]
Boyhood Dreams
Our childhood dreams give us a glimpse of what our lives are to become. Like the preview of an upcoming movie, they arouse our interest and invite us into the adventure of living while give shape to our unfolding destiny. Summers were the best for dreaming. I can remember waking up to the glorious adventures […]
Do Sweat the Hard Stuff!
Richard Carlson tells us in the title of his wonderful little book, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … and it’s all small stuff.” He goes on to remind us, and I whole heartily agree, that as you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, […]
William Bridges — Managing Transitions
This is a huge deal in Life Coaching… understanding the difference between Change and Transitions. On a personal and on a corporate level… The Key: enjoy the journey! An excerpt from a blog by #hypertextual … Just like John Stepper, I have been studying extensively change management lately and this is the first post of a […]
On Being Born Again
I recently celebrated the anniversary of my “Spiritual Birthday” – the day I turn my life over to God. (which I have done many times since then). Shortly after my 19th birthday, I was invited to church by a hippie friend who stopped to “help me” when my car overheated which which left me and […]