Bob’s Ride by Scout Wilkins During the free-wheeling years between leaving my own parents and becoming one myself, I worked for awhile at Sleeping Child Hot Springs in the Sapphire Mountains of southwestern Montana. Bob was a friend of mine who used to come up to the springs every day, to work out in the …
Ten years ago I felt flat, depressed and frustrated. I knew there was more to life – more I wanted to be doing, more I wanted to be contributing, more I wanted to be feeling. I wanted to live on purpose. I wanted to matter more. I couldn’t figure out what that meant or how …
Can you feel the shift? There is something profound happening right now in the world. I can only describe it as a deepening into the idea and feeling of coming home. We are like salmon coming home, upstream into the rivers of our origins. And we are deeply supported by life as we do. …
I have a story to share with you. Nancy has asked me to share it, in the hopes that it will serve you. Nancy is an amazing gal. Just amazing. She has done so many interesting things in her life – it’s inspiring to watch her. It’s also been confusing sometimes, and occasionally exhausting. …
Are you gnashing your teeth, trying to change or alter something? Does it feel like you’re fighting yourself – and losing? You probably are. Consider this: The Equation of Change A person will not change or alter themselves as long as their perceived level of dissatisfaction is less than their perception of how much energy …
Giving and receiving Don’t you feel great, when you have the opportunity to help someone, and they graciously accept and receive your help? Contrast that to how it feels when you offer help and they turn you down, reject your offer, or take your help begrudgingly. The whole giving/receiving cycle is pretty messed up, because …
July 4, 2013 American Independence Day What is True Personal freedom? True Personal Freedom is being willing and able to show up completely as yourself, who you really are. Which to me means: Being free of any thoughts that would have me deny who I really am, at a soul level. …
My Dance with Competence I am a competent person. And I would have said that I feel pretty much at peace with my basic competence. Except for one thing: A few years back, when I was beginning to notice things with more awareness, I noticed a pattern that wasn’t serving me. I …
Every result you create in your life flows from the answer to this question. It’s a question that you probably don’t know you are asking, and which you are answering unconsciously all the time: Is it good enough? Is it good enough for ME? Do I trust my own ability to know what is good …
Will your Emergency to lead to Emergence? I love it when I see a deeper meaning in words, and this morning’s addition to the elegance and truth in words was priceless. I finally heard the word EMERGENCY in its true light. An emergency is when things get so bad that they just cannot …