How is it that we can grow if we are glued to what has been? How is it we can love an support another person if we insist they remain the same? How is it we can expect to achieve our goals without changing who we are? OK, trick question. We cannot grow stuck to […]
There are many species of trees and plants which drop seeds that cannot begin new growth without an intensive fire to open them and allow them to grow. It is easy to look at forest fires and range fires as being needlessly destructive, until we recognize the positive effects of fire. The same is true
What is ROK? It is a Random Act of Kindness! Well, you might say, my days of being a Boy Scout or a Girl Scout are long past, and this is probably true, but it is no reason to give up acts of kindness. In fact, those acts are more important for you today than
There are many people around us who would prefer if we lived our lives quietly, not rocking their boat, not allowing ourselves to be who we are. These folks are full of “kindly” advice about how we should live, think and do. We bless these people and move around them because living small is not
We can sing and dance around a topic, trying to avoid expressing a judgement, still, whatever we say after the word “but” is our real message. Have you ever noticed how peoples voices even change right before they get to what they want to say, bust before the “but” appears? The words drag out a
