Category: Inspiration
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Linkages
Connecting to resources – whether community, family, internal, or spiritual/intrapsychic resources – is what helps us feel healthy, whole, bigger than our small-mindedness. Helping to activate linkages for myself and others is thrilling for me. It’s satisfying work.
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Why I exercise
Notice the present tense – as if I exercise regularly. I’m thinking positively and motivating myself. Exercise can’t be optional any more. I’ve understood for years that mindfulness meditation is essential for me. It’s hygiene for the mind. It helps me work better with my emotional life, relax the knots of my little ego-mind, and…
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Take a risk – follow your heart
I just viewed the commencement speech Steve Jobs gave at Stanford in 2005. His 15-minute speech re-oriented my day, so I’m sharing it with the aspiration that it inspires you, too. His message is, partly, that life is too short to be living someone else’s dream, to feel uninspired about your work. That you can…
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In honor of Rilke
Today is the birthday of Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). “Whoever you are, go out into the evening, leaving your room, of which you know each bit; your house is the last before the infinite, whoever you are. Then with your eyes that wearily scarce lift themselves from the worn-out door-stone slowly you raise a shadowy…
A Few Thoughts 