mindful monday : simmering with patience
Simmering with Patience – Pema Chodron Excerpted from "The Answer to Anger & Aggression is Patience", Shambhala Sun, March 2005. "That’s what it’s like with aggression: you can’t speak because everyone will feel the vibes. No matter what is coming out of your mouth, it’s like you’re sitting on top …
sunday sounds : this is the end of my life, but it’s not the end of my love.
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. -Eden Ahbez, "Nature Boy" (1948). Eva died yesterday morning at 9:30am. She posted this video message on February 11th when her death seemed imminent. It is not easy to watch, but important to watch. Would …
thinking thursday.
Here I am, channeling Madonna as I provided the opening keynote at the recent American Counseling Association annual conference mind :: my brain and yours I love, LOVE the map of Europe. Experimental Cartography : The Map as Art. Texts without context. A fascinating read: “The Cult of the Amateur,” …
poetry wednesday : how does it feel to be dead?
She had legally changed her name to Ai, which means "love" in Japanese. Last week, she went into the hospital with what they thought was pneumonia. She died just three days later of advanced breast cancer. The poet Ai is remembered here. My thanks to poet Keith Flynn for pointing …
found-art tuesday : things are awaiting you
I rode in a car to the airport this morning and kissed Mr Brilliant goodbye. I boarded a toy plane and sat in an exit row aisle seat and flew to Atlanta. I walked to an underground train and took it to another terminal. I stood still while riding up …
I have fallen down on my job of poet stalker
Happy 69th Birthday today, poet Billy Collins. Over 50 people have emailed to tell me it's your birthday, so I think I've done an adequate job of stalking you in the past. Yes, indeed I have. Today, however, it slipped my mind. How is this possible?, you're wondering, there in …
mindful monday : lose your grip
You lose your grip and then you slip, Into the masterpiece. -Leonard Cohen [image from here]
sunday sounds : the sound of passion, a rite of spring.
High on my "bucket list" is seeing this man conduct an orchestra in person. On this first full day of spring (in our hemisphere), Gustavo Dudamel in rehearsal with the Venezuelan youth orchestra playing Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring." Such passion they couldn't help but excel. His energy, his so …
simple action saturday : call someone.
We rely so much on electronic communication these days: Facebook, email, Twitter. What's often lost is nuance. What's often lost is tone. What's always lost is the sound of your precious, sweet, recognizable voice. Today, just call someone. Just one person. And not while you're on your way somewhere or …
18 Tips on how to pack for a trip, how to travel light, how to have fun in airports (where “trip” also equals “life”).
I travel almost every week to give keynotes, workshops, retreats, or to facilitate difficult meetings for clients. Today, in fact, I'm winging my way to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to talk to 3,500 of my closest friends. Via Detroit, since evidently there is no straight line from Asheville to anywhere. Delta Platinum …
