Better off jumping My daughter went on a rafting trip last week. Her favorite part of the trip was when she screwed up her courage enough to jump off a cliff and into the river. This reminded me of an experience I had on a rafting trip back in high school. My friend and I […]
Circus expectations
July 21, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Circus expectations We saw Toruk by Cirque Du Soleil this evening. Toruk trades the breathtaking acrobatics of every other Cirque Du Soleil performance that I’ve seen for breathtaking special effects and set design. Toruk was almost like a play with some acrobatics thrown in. Based on my previous experiences, it was not at all what […]
Breathing is a good idea
July 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Breathing is a good idea My daughter and I spent about 4 hours today at The Epic Sky Trek Challenge, an aerial trekking course with over 110 challenging elements. Early on as I was navigating a couple of the elements, I noticed that I wasn’t breathing. As soon as I started breathing deeper, I relaxed. […]
Wise Advice
June 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Wise Advice I heard Dr James Jackson speak tonight. He is an author, speaker, humanitarian, cultural economist, and the founder of www.projectcure.org. His father taught him and his brothers to “take what you have and turn it into what you want.” This advice launched him on a fabulously successful entrepreneurial career. However, this advice will not work […]
Mistakes and Forgiveness
June 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Mistakes and Forgiveness We’ve all made mistakes and poor decisions. We have all had things that didn’t go as planned. And chances are very good that when these things happened, we didn’t wake up that morning and ask ourselves, “How can I really screw up today and the rest of my life? How can I […]
Transformation vs incremental change
May 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Transformation vs incremental change In your mind, is it possible to experience transformation, a quantum leap? Or does change need to happen in small incremental steps? This is a very important question. If we think that we are in control and that we are in charge of how positive change happens, then small incremental steps […]
Addicted to Struggle
April 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Addicted to Struggle So many people are addicted to struggle. We have buried stories that are often outside of our awareness. Stories like: It cannot be easy. It is pleasing to God when I struggle. Struggle is noble. I’m bad / need to be punished and so I deserve to struggle. Struggling will prove that […]
Shoveling snow with a tablespoon
April 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I have to make up for that
April 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
How do I overcome what my brain sees as normal, a set point?
April 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
How do I overcome what my brain sees as normal, a set point? I was asked this question today and here are a couple of thoughts: It’s useful to view ourselves as sculptors. They take thousands of hammer swings as they chip away and the work of art emerges. Every swing moves the project forward. […]
