Roots and Branches
A tree and its connection between heart and mind. The heart, with its desire for depth, for feeling, its intuitive knowing, its learning from the past.
Read MoreAre your roots healthy?
The roots of a plant are like your inner world. They must be strong and nourished with the right elements in order for the leaves and branches to be strong and robust with abundant blooms.
Ask yourself the question, "how does this external action feed my inner being?" "How is this action contributing or detracting from me being whole?" "Is this behavior nurturing my roots and helping my roses bloom?"
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Small towns and rich living
There are lots of ways to bring richness to rural living and it starts with knowing yourself, really intimately, warts and all, taking the time to get to know yourself. Once you know yourself you then have a self-awareness about which activities bring you joy and which ones bring you pain. Armed with this knowledge you can make conscious choices about what you get involved in and what you avoid at all costs.
Read MoreYour "one day" list
So, when the local ABC Open called for submissions to their Open Story project recently, rather than thinking "one day I would like to do that" I took the bull by the horns and attended the workshop. In order to support the arts in my community I did what I could to promote the workshop to others, particularly those who I didn't think would hear about it otherwise but who would be interested. I also agreed to be interviewed for the local paper to further spread the word, and the story made a beautiful front page article highlighting the arts in our community. And now, I am using the material I wrote as the content for my blog post.
The alternate scenario could have been that I thought "one day I would like to do that but I can't now" and then spent the day of the workshop begrudgingly selling raffle tickets for the local arts council fundraiser, spent another day depressed by the article on the front page of the local newspaper printed because the Editor couldn't find an alternative for the week and then another day thinking of a topic and writing my blog!
What activities could you modify to better capture your "one day" list?
Read MoreOverstepping the line
What should you do to redress your actions when you misrepresent someone or use words or actions in a public situation that are inappropriate or not the best choice and paint someone in a false light?
Read MoreGlimpses of your Entelechy
“As my daughter grew up I watched when she came alive inside. When I noticed a glimpse of life in her I would point it out and invite her to consider what her reaction was saying about who she was.”
— Finding your way – Dan Webster and Randy Gravitt
Release your Entelechy through conscious choice
n this moment you have the opportunity to choose. Just because you have chosen differently in the past does not mean you have to continue to choose that way in the present.
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