Throughout my life I have been known as someone who does not change easily. I tend to choose the same clothing styles year after year, wear the same brand of watch for decades, and view with a jaundiced eye when someone comes along telling me I need to update this part of my life or […]
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Yep, here we are on the eve of Independence Day for our nation. Most certainly the deeper meaning of this day will get lost somewhere between the bbq and fireworks, so let me take a moment and invite you to think about what independence means; it means to severe the ties the allow others to
I recently wrote about being in the now and how the now, the present, is the only place and time where we can create. Oh, sure, we can plan and dream and prepare for tomorrow, but the only place in all of time and space is right now, this moment. Yes, this does seem a
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Words have power. Have I mentioned that in these blogs before? Maybe once or twice, and here we are again, the power of words. When we excuse ourselves by saying “I’m only human” what we are doing is suggesting that as humans we are limited in any way, and this is not true. As humans
I presume many of us are too young to recall that advertising slogan, but the reminder is still important; the reminder that once in a while it is essential that we pause our lives, our thinking, our talking and simply be. In the book Bear and Butterfly I give some reasons why it might be
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Advertising, movies, television, politics, big pharma and insurance companies are all examples of the Industry of Fear. Those institutions and activities which have one driving force; to scare us into doing something they want. Education, housing, science, art and social responsibility are areas which do just the opposite; they are Industries of Possibility. No wonder
The greatest of those we call leaders have had several things in common; they have called us forward into cooperation and called us to see the oneness in ourselves and our world. The weakest of our leaders also have something in common; they prey upon our fears of others and play upon our lowest selves. Of course
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I am living my dream, life is so good that sometimes I feel just a tad guilty that I have all these blessings surrounding me (OK, not all that guilty!). But what I know so clearly is that no matter how perfect today seems, no matter how fulfilling my life is today, the true realization
We are all products of our past, no matter how much we want to overcome our past, even our attempts to overcome our past defines us. Every experience we have ever had, even those we did not necessarily experience, but just heard about, are part of our beings today. This is something we cannot get
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One can learn much from looking at the popular culture of a country, or generation. Take, for instance, the popularity of zombies among a certain demographic of the United States. How many movies, television shows and halloween costumes are zombie oriented? What this reflects about this demographic (and I say this without judgement) is a
