Ideas & such
You know Liz Gilbert from her book Eat, Love, Pray. You may know her from her wonderful TED talk about genius & how we ruin it (check it here.) Here’s a new way to get to know her: She writes a wonderful piece in The Atlantic (published a couple of days ago, here) celebrating her…
This is drawn from Derek Sivers’ website, with permission: If you’ve learned a lot about leadership and making a movement, then let’s watch a movement (click on the video below) happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and dissect some lessons: A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what…
A little tale from my friend Lolit: I love the story of the little girl who showed her teacher a picture she painted of a tree. The tree was purple. The teacher said, “Sweetheart, I’ve never seen a purple tree, now have I?” “Oh?” said the little girl. “That’s too bad.”
An old monk’s tale…shared by a friend in Japan: A religious man is on top of a roof during a great flood. A man comes by in a boat and says, “Get in, get in!” The religious man replies, “No, I have faith in God. He will grant me a miracle.” Later, the water is…
“Be careful what you ask for…..” Whenever I hear someone say this (is it true for you?) they’re almost always noticing something that turned out…the way it was asked for. “Hope I get a promotion.” So you do. With no raise. “I always catch 4–5 colds every winter.” Ah-chooooo. OK, so we never really know…
One of my favourite people in the world is Elliot Pemberton, who grew up in Friday Harbor, Washington in the USA, where I used to watch him play football & as we put out the school newspaper together. I’ve always thought St. Peter must have been like Elliot – whenever he speaks, people want to…
When I first heard Joe Bongiorno‘s new release, The Flight of a Dream earlier this month, I knew that he had a winner on his hands. I’ve listened to it now maybe six million times…but that’s been a couple of weeks, so I had time. It’s great! (Click here to hear samples – you’ll get it!)…
For some reason, I remember Wayne Gretzky saying, “You miss one hundred precent of the shots you never take.” Don’t get caught up in the choices. It’s what you do, not what you choose, that matters.
Part of the path to purification is walking (or running, if you’re fast that way!) through the fires that burn away the stuff…that keeps us from pure love. The fires are tough, usually painful, sometimes unbearably so – but there’s always another day. There’s always another sunrise. There’s always later…which is a great place to…
Beautiful moon tonight, hey? Here’s a song to go with it: Play here! (It’s me singing “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” for you….) Happy Harvest Moon to you!