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Picking Your Practice Priorities

Posted in Practice, tagged , , , , on January 26, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Last Monday I let an opportunity slip through my fingers. I had a chance to visit the Dogen Sangha Los Angeles meditation evening which is led by Brad Warner. I’ve been reading and learning from Brad’s books and columns for well over a decade now, and this would have been a chance to meet him in […]

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the pros and cons of an annual review

Posted in Practice, tagged , , on December 15, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Never Mind “Good & Evil” – Check out the Garden of Reflecting at Anderson Gardens in Rockford, IL: A friend of mine gave it that latter name when we both visited it along with a group of friends. She and I had both had a rough year, and as we walked through the gardens it […]

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The Defining Moment, Part 12: Far Enough?

Posted in Defining Moment, tagged , , , , on August 13, 2014 | 2 Comments »

The Saddest Word is “Almost” Now that you’ve gone through the objective “Positive/Negative” evaluation of your Defining Moment experience, it’s time to go back to your gut. Did you go far enough? Much like the question “did you like it?” this is one where the answer will be immediate, followed by a whole bunch of […]

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loving yourself from the future

Posted in Love, tagged , , , , on July 25, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

I Love Myself. Well, let me be more specific: I love the me I used to be. I look back on old pictures of myself, with my kids, in the military, in high school and college. I see, with the benefit of perspective unsullied by emotion and sharpened by distance, the things that made that […]

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What if you did it right, but actually planned it wrong?

Posted in Practice, tagged , , , , , , on June 30, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

“No kidding, there I was…” I was lucky enough to spend the weekend at a retreat in Indeana with a few other performance art enthusiasts, including a very dear friend of mine from New York. He was talking about a recent show he did: I really thought that was it – the best show I’d […]

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creating your own mantra

Posted in Life, tagged , , , , , on May 7, 2014 | 4 Comments »

Mantra? I barely know ya! If you’re like me, words like “mantra” and “affirmation” tend to leave a bad taste in your mouth. The problem I’ve always had with them is that life is far more complicated than a simple aphorism can usually handle. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you“, […]

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there is no “should” with love

Posted in Love, tagged , , , , on May 2, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

The Writer’s Life for Me! Recently I set a goal for myself. It was a fairly arbitrary goal: I wanted to get seven different pieces accepted for publication in one month. This isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds; I’ve had individual pieces accepted fairly regularly, and this was just upping the ante by focusing my […]

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creating realistic dreams

Posted in Life, tagged , , , on July 3, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Letting Go of Superman I’m about to commit a cardinal sin of personal development blogs: I’m going to tell you that sometimes you have to let go of your dreams. Yep. That’s right. I said it. Sometimes you have to let that stuff go. It came up today when I was talking with an old […]

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focus your power

Posted in Practice, tagged , , , on May 20, 2013 | 1 Comment »

When Good Advice is Hard to Take Like most of us, I struggle to balance between my intake of media and the quality thereof. The Gravy Hose is a constant distraction, and it’s gotten to where it’s a triumph when I can make it through a movie or an episode without checking email or some […]

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Word Up

Posted in Life, tagged , , , , on December 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »

“Words! Words! Words! I’m so sick of words! I get words all day through; first from him, now from you!” – Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady Yesterday I got an email from Chris Brogan. He reminded me (ok, and about a zillion other email list subscribers) that the time has come for the Three Words. […]

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