Thirty Eight Years Later, This Wisdom Rings More True Than Ever
Courage counts. Not just the kind that has us marching and resisting, but daring to open our hearts to our own lives, in our exquisite ordinariness.
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Sunday Inspiration from Principal John
I subscribe to a number of blogs that offer inspiration and perspective, so that I can be in the deeper flow of wisdom that is sometimes otherwise hard to see. One of my favorites is by Greg John, who writes Principal John: Notes from the Playground. He explains: “These notes start where all leaders start. … Read more
Thirty Days of Thanksgiving, Day 8: A Rainbow of Brown
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~ Albert Camus In the blink of an eye, it seems, most of the crimsons and sulphur yellows of Autumn have faded into tan, auburn, bronze, khaki, and rust. Soon enough, they, too, will fade and by January, the prevailing color in our woods … Read more
The First Saturday of Spring
A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by … Read more
The Next Right Thing
© Artsy SFI love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. — Douglas Adams The idea of micromovements is so simple and obvious. We can see perfectly well that just giving five or ten minutes a day to our creative work will move us forward (and out of our perpetual … Read more