Category Archives: Mindfulness

(Issue #490) Calling for Deliberative Dialogues. 

Posted on October 13, 2019 by

Acknowledge common ground to build a more unified and proactive community. Every day we find ourselves bombarded by lots of talking.  When fortunate, we get to hear and engage in real conversations. Speaking, listening, questioning, listening, responding, questioning, listening, and … Continue reading →

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(Issue #464) Food. Family. Farewell.

Posted on April 14, 2019 by

But we get distracted and believe we can wait to make the connection, lend the hand, or offer a shoulder. There will always be tomorrow . So, we postpone. Last week I learned of the death of a friend’s mother. … Continue reading →

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(#440) What Matters Now?

Posted on October 28, 2018 by

When you set your goals you said to yourself, “These matter to me.” As you review where you have been and where you want to go, ask yourself, “What matters now?”  And then act on it. While we set goals … Continue reading →

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(#431) Pay Attention to the 360° View

Posted on August 26, 2018 by

If we gaze in one direction, toward the subject and the toward the subject only, we miss the full spectrum. On every sunrise beach walk, Roxie and I see people capturing the splendor of the dawn. Generally, with their phones … Continue reading →

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(#425) A Community of Mentors for Music, Hope, and Rainbows

Posted on July 15, 2018 by

Neighbors entertaining neighbors while enjoying the company of other neighbors. Research tells us that “hope” requires three ingredients: Goals + Pathways + Agency. Our goal—a rainbow that attracts and draws our attention—must be valuable to us and/or our community.  A … Continue reading →

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(#413) Don’t Figure It Out

Posted on April 22, 2018 by

Leave room…develop the concept…be free…listen. My current improv instructor reminded the class last week to “get out our heads” and embrace the present. No script. Enhance your partner’s offer. Sense what exists in front of yourself in any given scene. … Continue reading →

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(#412) Choices: Where Do You Choose To Be?

Posted on April 15, 2018 by

Once we choose who we want to be, people grow “to the way in which they have been exercised.” – William James – One of my yoga practices this past week, inspired this blog.  As the instructor coached us into … Continue reading →

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(#411) Perhaps, A Human Good Citizenship Test?

Posted on April 8, 2018 by

If only we treated our fellow human beings (citizens of the world) with the same dignity as the CGC expects of its participants. This past week Roxie and I passed the “final exam” for the Canine Good Citizen certification (AKC).  … Continue reading →

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(#408) Self-Evaluation

Posted on March 18, 2018 by

Narrow the focus and help yourself understand what does or does not serve and nourish your soul. I have a quick four question survey I ask audiences to complete for me.  It asks them to consider what we did during … Continue reading →

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(#405) Communication or Statement?

Posted on February 25, 2018 by

Are we listening to others—and to ourselves? One activist described communication as understanding someone else’s experience and presenting a point within that experience. “Even the most elementary grasp of the fundamental idea that one communicates within the experience of his … Continue reading →

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