October 28, 2015
We were a group of fun loving college boys who needed a break from finals week. In Grand Junction, Colorado, there is a canal filled with wake you up cold water that is dwarfed by cliffs as high as sixty-five feet. On a warm day in May, I took a deep breath, said a quick […]
October 28, 2015
Have you ever had an experience of synchronicity that stopped you in your tracks? One that seemed orchestrated from above and that is just too marvelous for words. Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words. What comes to mind when you see this picture?
October 28, 2015
So what is your Stop and Smell The Roses story? Is it a walk on the shore at daybreak before the to do list rules the day? Maybe it’s the middle of the night hike with kids to 14,000 feet or sitting with your nine year old and a waffle cone of cookies & cream […]
October 27, 2015
A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule ‘braying’ -or-whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth […]
October 26, 2015
Success is staring adversity in the eye and not blinking. It is the choice to view obstacles as stepping stones to your higher self. Most assuredly, it is the decision to see yourself as bigger than circumstances…….to steadfastly believe that what lies behind you and “what lies before you are but small matters compared to […]
October 26, 2015
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be ok with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I’ve known sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. […]
October 26, 2015
A life coach urged students to examine their lives and determine what their most important priorities were. She showed them a picture and had them write for ten minutes about what the image evoked. The hub of a wheel is obviously the center…..the part that keeps the spokes connected and makes the wheel roll. What is your hub……what keeps you […]
October 25, 2015
A very young man made a right turn onto S. Niagara street and soon saw a sign that read ‘Limited Visibility’. Looking past the Russian olive trees on the right, he saw snow capped mountains in the distance and reckoned that the visibility was just fine.
October 25, 2015
A two year old boy wearing a red GAP shirt was busy climbing the dozen stone steps near the sanctuary at St. Thomas More church. His father followed him closely as a tumble would have meant a 911 call. The youngster reached the top without incident and a very young spectator felt a sense of relief. The boy […]
October 25, 2015
One afternoon, a noted author was interviewing a renowned artist when her five year old entered the room and said, ‘I just made a birthday cake with sand…. now you have to come and pretend that you’re eating it and that you like it.’ ‘That will be fun!’ The mother smiled and said to me, ‘You […]
October 25, 2015
We are meant to lead carefree lives Not reckless…..not careless and certainly not careful We’re designed to be free like bluebirds or butterflies and singing instead of worrying about the little things that pester us If one wants to live carefree then let go of useless expectations and limiting beliefs that are like a ball and […]
October 24, 2015
A very young man was heading west on Otero St. after a terrific hour of tennis. He had seen the snow on the mountains west of Denver earlier and they looked magnificent. Crossing Holly St., the mountains caught his eye again. This time, however, he felt as if he’d been airlifted to the Himalayas in Nepal. The […]
October 24, 2015
With hurricane Patricia pummeling Mexico with winds up to two hundred miles an hour, maybe there’s a life lesson in all of the mayhem. Most of us have heard of the “eye of the storm”. This is the quiescent center found in such storms as cyclones, tornadoes and hurricanes. The center or eye of a storm, […]
October 24, 2015
He was not extraordinary at sixteen……didn’t quarterback the football team or get the best grades in high school. Seeing more gifted friends in college who partied too much, he realized the window of opportunity in front of him. The decision to go all in….. all the time…… made the difference. Dr. James Cavanaugh has never once […]
October 23, 2015
Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you’re juggling e-mails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you’re walking the dog, taking a shower, or swinging in a hammock. Carl Honore
October 23, 2015
I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live […]
October 22, 2015
Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash and it is gone But there’s a half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on Spreading, spreading from the center, flowing on out to the sea And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be Drop a word of cheer and […]
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