A Few Thoughts

Tag: Inspiration

  • Start fresh

    I started the morning early. I sat my butt on my meditation cushion for a few minutes, connecting with being before being seduced into the multitude of activities of my day. Then I was inspired to take a fresh sheet of paper – blank drawing paper – and a box of Crayons. I haven’t done that…

  • No time like the present

    There are several meanings of the phrase “no time like the present.” Conventionally, it means “do it now.” While you’re thinking about it, don’t put it off, whatever “it” happens to be. More deeply, we realize that we don’t know how much time we have. We don’t know how much of a future there is…

  • 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.

  • 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…