your daily rock : look beneath the surface
My life is full of stories about people I first discounted–for whatever reason. I’m not proud of that, but there it is. We make snap judgments based on so little information, don’t we? And, oh my, how our lives become richer when we look beneath the surface. When we notice …
your daily rock : mean what you say
We live in a world where language is fast, not slow. Where meaning is sometimes overlooked for speed. Where repetition of a message is sometimes more deeply considered than the message itself. What would happen if we slowed way down, if we dared disturb the surface of our words to …
your daily rock : put your clever down.
We are so hungry for real. Real, authentic, you. Not the smart you, or the sarcastic or glib or cynical you, or the you who feels they need to keep up or impress us. Just you. At your most ordinary. Full of doubt and overeating. Full of not knowing and …
your daily rock : be bold!
There is no template for bold, is there? Sure, others might believe they are modeling what “bold” is, and they may try to sell us on being their kind of bold, but “bold” is individual. What looks like “bold” for me isn’t “bold” for you. And that’s fantastic. Bold can …
your daily rock : sit the hell down and write
I teach amazing writers. And in our explorations of what it means to write and how to build a sustainable writing practice, it all comes down to sitting back down and staying in the room when the laundry gets real, real fascinating. Writers write. Painters paint. They create their own …
your daily rock : let go of judgment
Many of us fear being judged by others so much that we let that fear stop us. We live smaller as a result. Why is this? I think it’s directly related to the fact that we judge others. And if we can give up judging others, we can give up …
thinking thursday.
MIND Actress Jean Stapleton died. She was truly a ditz with depth. Read this. BODY If you love coffee, you’re gonna LOVE this. On death as transformation. “Human death is becoming more and more divorced from nature. We pump our dead with polluting chemicals like formaldehyde, put them into airtight …
your daily rock : express your wonder
Don’t hide your astonishment. Don’t dampen your wonder. Let it loose! Life is amazing! The color of that flower? WOWEE! The sweetness of that red pepper. AWESOME! Don’t let your need to be “cool” or “sophisticated” or “in control” take away your capacity to be absolutely wowed by life. So …
your daily rock : eat slowly
One word for you today: Savor. Savor your food today. Savor the moments outside. Savor each breathe you take. Notice. Savor. Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.
your daily rock : be gentle with your self
What does gentle look like? It looks like pausing as you look in the mirror to honor what you see, fully aware of the living that has gone on behind those eyeballs, in those hips, and on that skin. It looks like pausing before saying “yes” to another commitment that …
