As some of you might know it’s the time of the NCAA College tournaments, called March Madness. Something about that title reminds me of what I don’t want in my life…..madness, craziness, drama, hecticness, and busy-ness. As we are winding down March and heading into a new month, I thought we [...]
No, this isn’t a blog about the angel on one shoulder and the demon on the other, though it is about something perhaps quite similar. I’ve been thinking lately about what I will call the Voice for Love. This voice that is ever present within us–what’s deepest in us actually–that is always [...]
As I write this it’s Halloween night. My two teenage sons are off trick or treating, and I am reminded of how I “trick or treated” my way through high school graduation, finally giving it up with great reluctance. Though I can thoroughly celebrate the fun of the holiday today, there were [...]
I spent yesterday out on the lake with three teenage boys–enjoying the sunshine, the refreshing water, and a fun time together. Whenever I am out on the lake driving the boat, I feel wonderfully free, no matter what is going on in my life. You know the feeling? Alive, joyful, peaceful….FREE! [...]
Have you ever had the feeling that time, as you know it, has slowed down immensely, and you are truly “in a moment of time”, fully alive? Not sure how well I just described that but it’s been happening a lot lately. And I love it. It’s peaceful, blissful even, and [...]
My boys and I were flying home from Florida the other day on Southwest airlines. We like to sit near the back, and so we got our seats and were getting settled in when I saw a beautiful woman walking down the aisle towards me. She was crying and visibly upset. [...]
So what exactly is the high road? Today I am using this term to refer to how we can choose thoughts, attitudes and actions that are from a place of humility and openness in places where our ego’s are chomping at the bit to do anything but. You know those times? [...]