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Leap: Learn to Float

Posted in change, choices, faith, fear on March 7, 2012 | 5 Comments »

“In my 61 years of life, I have begun to think that man makes his own stress. When he his stress-free, he goes out and finds some. It is often difficult to live in the moment. There is no stress in being; no tug, no pull, no forward, no back. Floating is so much harder [...]

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Leap: The Universe Supports Great Purpose

Posted in courage, creativity, faith, fate on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“When you are inspired by some great purpose … dormant forces, faculties, and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” ~ Patanjali I’m not sure how or why the world conspires to grow great ideas. I have seen in my own [...]

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Leap: Shelter from the Storm Found at a Voice Over Class at Simple Studios

Posted in adventure, art, career, faith, work on January 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Wait a minute! Did I go to bed and wake up in September 2008? This is the question I found myself thinking while at work yesterday. September 2008, 5 weeks after I joined my company, Lehman Brothers failed and the market went to hell. Several months later I was the only filled desk in an [...]

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Leap: My Conversation Along the Path with the Moon

Posted in dreams, faith, fate, nature, opportunity on January 14, 2012 | 5 Comments »

“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting — over and over announcing your place in the family of things.” ~ Mary Oliver via DailyGood There is a world beyond what we can see, hear, and touch. Every once [...]

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Beginning: Taking a Chance Leads to More Chances

Posted in change, choices, commitment, creativity, faith on December 6, 2011 | 6 Comments »

“Chances multiply if you grab them.” ~ Yogi tea bag We too often think that this is our one big chance to try something new, to do something we’ve always dreamed of. We fear that if we don’t take this leap now, the opportunity will pass us by and if we leap and fail, then [...]

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Beginning: Let Yourself Get Carried Away

Posted in art, dreams, faith, free, work, tagged on August 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »

“If you hold on to the handle, she said, it’s easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it’s more fun if you just let the wind carry you. “ ~ Brian Andreas The image to the right the latest piece of art gracing the walls of my tiny New York apartment. Brian Andreas is one [...]

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Beginning: Letting Go to Be Free

Posted in dreams, faith, free, work, tagged on August 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »

“A truth: the more you squeeze, the less you have.” ~ fortune cookie I had dinner with my friend, Amy, on Saturday night and in my fortune cookie I received this message. Amy and I had just been talking about her decision to not renew her work contract after it expires in January. She’s wanted [...]

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Beginning: Your Mission Possible

Posted in choices, clarity, dreams, faith, tagged on July 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »

“What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.” ~Theodore Roethke A few days ago, the brilliant Tom Friedman wrote his weekly New York Times opinion piece on “The Start-up of You“. It’s a quick read, insightful, and hopeful. The last few lines are particularly poignant for me: You have to strengthen the [...]

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Beginning: Your Yesterdays Will Rise Again; Act Accordingly

Posted in choices, decision-making, faith, family, tagged on June 28, 2011 | 12 Comments »

“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” ~ Pearl Buck Searching yesterday is valuable, difficult work. I take it on every day because I believe so fully in the process of continuous improvement. I know and accept that I am not perfect, that I will never be perfect, and that there [...]

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Step 361: The Caterpillar’s Promise

Posted in change, dreams, faith on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” ~ Buckminster Fuller I read this quote over the Christmas holiday as I was learning more about Eric Carle’s work. He wrote the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar (for his sister, Christa, I might add), as well as the Brown [...]

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