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 …
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 …
To My Younger self: My good friend Debbie LaChusa has a birthday today, and as part of her birthday musings, she posed the question: What would I like to go back and tell my younger self? It felt so good to answer this question I decided to post my reply here, and then to ask …
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 …
Asking HOW vs WHY Yesterday I received this question via email…it's such a great question, I decided to answer it here. May it serve! Hey, Scout, Thanks a lot for this life changing tool! (My Change the Question video) I love your info, but am a litlle confused which question is more powerful, "why" …
The Dance of Life is an ongoing allowing of what is, in this moment, while feeling grateful for what is coming. The resistance to what is, is merely one step in the dance. It can stop us, when we choose to let it. Or, we can just remember that it is just one of …