Archive | January, 2012

As I walked around the garden, I saw the snake skin lying between the slats in the wood gate that separated the shell pathway from the dry river bed. I hadn't seen the skin the day before. But there it was. The snake had shed its skin sometime that night. It got me thinking about […]

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The conversation was filled with laughter and tears. That is the way real conversations between true caring friends should be. All the emotions right there. Real. True. Honest. Good friendships are like that. So rare in this age when everyone friends everyone and chatter is so cheap and shallow. But not between deep friendships that […]

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He died today. He wasn't supposed to die today. It was not on his calendar. It wasn't put on his schedule between lunch and the client conference. It was incredibly inconvenient. It disrupted so many events and other agenda items. But died he did. Everything seemed so silly then. Every so important conversation or decision […]

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What is the one lie that you bought into that you still might be buying into that you know, instinctually, is a lie but that has sent you journeying off in the wrong direction. That one lie that was either told to you or you told yourself. That one falsehood that needs to be confronted […]

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The good byes will be tough. The closing the door behind us will be followed by a moment of silence. When you say farewell do you rush back to the beginning and the excitement of the possibilities. Some came to be. Some were just a wished for fantasy. But then it became time to move […]

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Certain words are just not heard that much anymore. It is a great loss. What if these words were heard, discussed and understood. What if you lived these words each day. How would your day change…for the better. Here goes: Nobility Decency Honorably Classy Gracefully Gratefully Humbly Joyfully Selflessly Try them out tomorrow. See how […]

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Between two worlds. Ever feel that way. Two worlds. One clearly visible. One covered in clouds. One known. One not. One dissolving and the other still forming. Yet where do you turn. Which way do you turn. Stay because it is known. Or let go because it is dissolving. We are all there sooner or […]

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They say there is a season for all things. They say that it is all part of the life cycle. They say that it is an individual journey that challenges you as each season comes and go. Yet transition from season to season is an adjustment. Because you ,by necessity, must let go in order […]

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Can we get it right this year. Can we appreciate quality. Can we acknowledge good intentions. Can we see genuineness. Can we accept uniqueness without criticisms. Can we measure truth. Can we calculate honesty. Or will it all be reduced to a shadow performance of mannerisms unconnected with meaning. I hope you connect with the […]

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The window faces the Atlantic Ocean. You sit on the couch looking out the wall of glass. Your eyes first take you to the horizon. The line connecting water and sky. The word connecting resonates. We seem so disconnected these days. Even with all the social media we just seem so disconnected. But we are […]

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