Posts Tagged "openness"

A Tale of Two Weddings

Posted by on Aug 7, 2015 in Sustainability, Writing | 0 comments

A Tale of Two Weddings

From the Redwoods to The Ritz.

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Recipe for success

Posted by on Mar 5, 2014 in Wellness, Writing | 0 comments

Recipe for success

My best guide in life is a mixture of joy and terror.  These feelings, when woven together, produce a powerful sense of aliveness and purpose.  Without the joy, what’s the point?  And without the terror, how can I grow and expand?  These are the feelings I can always recognize as the threshold to an expanded consciousness.  I felt this way before I chose to move to the place I now call home, when I applied to graduate school to go after my dreams, when I first adopted my dog-baby Dilly, before...

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Opening up to welcome in the world

Posted by on Feb 15, 2014 in Wellness, Writing | 0 comments

Opening up to welcome in the world

I consider privacy to be a favorite luxury.  I currently enjoy a life of independence, a supporting role behind the scenes, a hermitage of clandestine study.  I love this life.  I love the attention I can give to reading, sleeping, meditating, writing, and walking my dog.  I love the relationship I have cultivated with myself. And, I also want a life of love and healthy relationships.  My desire for a vibrant relationship trumps my desire to have my home to myself, and so, I recently opened up...

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Wanderer, by Antonio Machado

Posted by on Sep 23, 2013 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Wanderer, by Antonio Machado

Wanderer, the road is your footsteps, nothing else; wanderer, there is no path, you lay down a path in walking. In walking you lay down a path and when turning around you see the road you’ll never step on again. Wanderer, path there is none, only tracks on ocean foam. ~ Antonio Machado (translated by Francisco...

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Being in Nature: An Integration of Mind, Body, and Spirit

Posted by on Jul 10, 2013 in Sustainability, Wellness | 0 comments

Being in Nature: An Integration of Mind, Body, and Spirit

I spent three days by myself in the wilderness with only three gallons of water and a hammock. Here is a reflection of my inner work during that time.

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