Composure
November 7, 2022
Equanimity means to maintain mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a challenging situation. As the turbulence increases and the boat begins listing this way and that, take a deep breath and then two more … remember that the solution comes more quickly to those who take things in stride.
Priceless
November 2, 2022
A story is told of a young mother who gifted her 14 year old daughter with a magic bracelet on her birthday. It didn’t look extraordinary but, as the mom explained, the gift might be the most treasured she’d ever receive. The bracelet was called ‘mind matters.’ It senses when a person is upset or […]
Free at Last
November 1, 2022
Well…with a gentle nudge from a great friend, I’m thirty days into a toxic cleanse from listening to or watching news shows. I’ve coined a phrase to describe all of them whether left or right….Agitation Stations. What have I noticed in this first month…a much less congested brain now freed up to consider more productive and […]
Train Wreck
November 1, 2022
It was May of 1965 and our family had just moved from Kansas City to Arvada, Colorado. Surely, you could say we’d never find barbecue in Colorado to match Gates, Snead’s or The Smokestack in K.C.. Before entering high school at Arvada West, a much younger cowboy decided to play summer baseball in a junior […]
Delicious
November 1, 2022
For months, my better half…Sally Ann, has been encouraging me to eat apples. Yesterday, I finally relented and realized how delicious they really are. What people have been saying for ages is true. Growing up, we’ve all heard the famous proverb, ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’. The proverb actually started in Wales, […]
Meaning
October 30, 2022
It was dark outside when I woke up this week. The mornings are getting colder as well (yes, even here in Los Angeles). I like that The morning gets your attention with its briskness, and I love things that get my attention. My friend and TM teacher Bob Roth, who runs the David Lynch Foundation, […]
Transformation
October 30, 2022
What a caterpillar calls the end of the world…The Master calls a butterfly.
A Touch of Heaven
October 26, 2022
“They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that’s not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they’re just not such a big deal anymore.” John Girrach
Hang in there
October 26, 2022
There are days, for most of us, where the darkness blocks out the sun…when, no matter how hard we try, the day is an uphill battle with the odds stacked against us. I find hope in this photo. Inside the darkness, there is a ray of hope…something to latch onto until the storm passes and […]
Tune in
October 24, 2022
“I think we all get a call of some kind at various points in our lives. Maybe not a literal phone call, but a sort of suggestion or prompting that forces us to consider how far we’re willing to go to change things, or find the truth, or discover what we’re missing.” Lisa Miller from […]
Possibility
October 23, 2022
What sense is there in gazing longingly in the rear view mirror when the magic of this moment and the possibility of tomorrow are so much more compelling? btw…the young girl in this photo is getting married next month in Kansas City.
Intrinsic
October 23, 2022
‘You don’t need to exhaust yourself trying to find your own value. You are not an IPhone needing an upgrade. Your value is not a condition of productivity or exercise or body shape or something you lose via inactivity. Value is not a plate that is continually spun. The value is there. It is intrinsic, […]
Faith
October 21, 2022
We are called to be patient and kind…to realize and accept that there are speed bumps in every life. They slow us down and increase attention. Sometimes these bumps threaten to turn the world upside down forcing changes never before considered. Fortunately, we, like automobiles, have been equipped with shock absorbers to steer clear of […]
The candle lighter
October 20, 2022
In The Catholic Church, I recall how a minister would light candles on the altar before Mass. Very reverently, they would move from one candle to the next until all shone brightly. After Mass, when the church emptied, the minister would use the same instrument to extinguish the lights. The part of the tool is […]
Buyer’s Remorse
October 18, 2022
Imagine being a member of The Walton family and paying over four billion dollars to become owners of The Denver Broncos. The team hires a new coach and trades for a highly regarded quarterback. By the second half of the sixth game of the season, you don your game faces watching unimaginable futility as fans […]
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