Importance of Words

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

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Beauty As Change

“Beauty awakens the soul to act.” -Dante Alighieri

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Rituals

What is a ritual? And more importantly what is its value?

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Change

There are three key lessons I have learned from change…

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Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.” - Edmund Burke

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Opportunity Knocks

“Opportunities are often things that you haven’t noticed the first time around.” - Catherine Deneuve

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Beauty From An Intruder

How would you like to be an oyster? It might seem like a silly question but once you begin to give this notion some thought it becomes quite interesting.

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Please No Advice

I am writing this blog specifically for myself. I have the absolute terrible habit of trying to fix everybody’s problems by giving people advice.

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Hearing vs. Listening

I often use an exercise using evocative language to help increase the awareness of our senses.

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Utilitarian Vocabulary

Something useful is efficient, utilitarian - it takes us where we want to go without stops along the way.

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Clarity Through Words

“A problem well stated is a problem half solved.” - Charles F. Kettering

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Three of Us

It would be so simple if we were one-dimensional beings.

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The Tree of Life

“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.” - Albert Einstein

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The 3 "Cs"

Caring, compassion, and commitment. Not much can go wrong with this combination, especially when it comes to relationships.

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Me, You, We

The longer I am in this world the more I realize how everything and everyone is connected.

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The Future Me

Alright so after promoting the importance of living in the now and in the moment, I am going to delve into something that we can’t help doing: Planning, and “picture walking” into the future.