Transcendence Or Denial?

I’ve had a bit of a wake-up call.

I generally don’t watch the news—or listen to it on the radio, or read it on the internet. And I seldom participate in conversations about what’s going on in the world…

What Do You See?

NOTE: Artist Sayaka Ganz sees a second life in discarded objects (i.e. garbage), as seen in the picture above.

Every morning here on the bay island of Utila, I walk to where our property meets the…

Are You Neutrally Buoyant?

I was teaching my diving students the other day about buoyancy, and it occurred to me that it could be a great metaphor for moving through life.

When diving, we carry weights to take us down to where we…

But There IS A “Try”

In the movie Star Wars, Yoda said, “Do, or do not. There is no try.”

I think he said this to Luke Skywalker when Luke had to salvage his spaceship from the bog it had sunk into. Luke…

Caterpillars & Butterflies

I was moved, today, as I pondered Richard Bach’s quote, “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” But not for the reason you might think.

It’s such an apt metaphor for our…

Lighting The Candle

Last week, I asked the question, “To accept is to judge?” The post was based on the idea that there are two distinct definitions for “acceptance”: 1) recognizing something as a fact, and 2) judging something…

To Accept Is To Judge?

If you accept something, does that mean you judge it to be good? That you approve?

The other day I was coaching a client who was really struggling with something. She had just discovered a deeply held belief about…

The Power To Be

As one who plays, or has played, the role of entrepreneur, business man, event producer, project manager, and software developer…I know how to get things done. I know how to set a goal—and achieve it.

And? So what?

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Amazing Grace Revisited

That song still moves me, every time I hear it. I’m not sure if it’s because it takes me back to my childhood, or if it’s because it evokes a powerful feeling of gratitude. You know, for being saved.…

Tale Of Two Realities

I regularly—daily, in fact—experience two completely different realities. I think of them as “parallel universes”, each existing simultaneously (and each just as real as the other)—and I find myself continually jumping from one to the other as I move…