Perspectives have been the topic of the day for the past several weeks. I have been noticing when my perspective differs from others and when other people seem to have differing perspectives. What I have noticed is that it is not the differing perspectives that lead to problems, but when we cling to the rightness of our […]
I am sitting at Caribou doing some planning and writing. I find it very energizing sitting among other people. Now, here comes the judgment part. I am sitting near a group of retired men who have talked about so many random topics that it almost makes my head spin. They have now spent half an hour […]
Grenelda and Herman Thurman are the characters who live your life when you are not fully awake in your life. I was introduced to Grenelda and Herman many years ago in the book, Living on Purpose, by Brown, Paulson, and Wolf. I had a Grenelda moment last night and thought I would share. I had […]
Before we went to Tuscany I saw a picture of thermal springs in Saturnia and wanted to go. It was the one thing I had to do for the trip to be a success. On one of our days of travel we made a loop to the coast and then to Saturnia for the thermal […]
I once did a word web with “not good enough” in the center. Check out the blog post from April 2, 2010 for a description of word webs if you haven’t done one before. From that word web I came to the realization that “I am” is the opposite of “not good enough” rather than “good enough” […]
Last week I was thinking about “shoulds” and how they trip us up. When you say that you “should” do something it often sets up the knee-jerk reaction of “You can’t make me do it.” Even when we are the one saying we should do it! When you shift “should” to “could” you have many […]
