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your daily rock : give free hugs

“We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth…” -Virginia Satir One of the most remarkable moments in my life was centered around free hugs. I can still remember the moment when my daughter Emma …

your daily rock : help me understand

“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” -Abraham Lincoln There are so many things we don’t know. Is it possible to walk toward those things with a curiosity rather than a condemnation? Is it possible to walk toward them with a sense of wonder rather …

your daily rock : rock on.

“This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to …

your daily life : love more

“I have to figure out why I worked at a job I hated for years. I have to find out why I can’t see what everyone else sees in me. I don’t feel beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I never saw beautiful. I can’t see me and I …

sunday sounds.

Andrea Gibson’s truths are not quiet. I’m delighted she will bring her passion to my Design Your Life Camp! this October near Atlanta.

your daily rock : clear the ground

“This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest. That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go …

transform your life.

I mused on Facebook a few weeks ago how much fun it would be to hold a summer camp for adults. And now that dream has come true (except for the summer part)! We will convene near Atlanta, Georgia, from October 4-6, 2013 (with an optional pre-camp writing workshop on …

your daily rock : this is your one precious life

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” -Mary Oliver Well, there may be more lives for you, but this is the only one you have in this moment. Cherish it. Love,   (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim …

your daily rock : be fully alive

“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again. ” -Pema …

your daily rock : create surprise!

“Even in the familiar there can be surprise and wonder.” -Tierney Gearon We separate the ordinary from the extraordinary in so many ways, discounting the one and wishing for the other. They are the same. Find surprise and wonder in the most familiar things around you today. It is there. …