An enchanted cottage. The trees hug it tightly. It is as if nature knows magic happens in the enchanted cottage. Buddha welcomes you. The Tibetan prayer flags drape the front porch and the stairs leading up to the entrance. A wooden OM rests above the front door. There is no time in the cottage. There […]

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Kermit sits there. Hands folded. Eyes staring up to the ceiling. Mouth open. The seashells are next to him. The coral next to the seashells. The bird cage to the left and the candles to the right. They all rest on the fireplace ledge. Joseph Campbell, Don Miquel Ruiz and the Dalai Lama's writings all […]

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The house is quiet. The fans are spinning. The thunder is thundering. The clouds have filled the sky with themselves. Each is being what it is. Each is doing what it does best. Each is perfect at what it is. Each does not try to be something else. Thunder does not try to be sunshine. […]

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Who are the important ones. Who are the ones that mean the most to you. Who are the ones that matter to you. That will be there for you. That make your life sweeter. That make your life more joyful. That you can count on. Make sure those are the ones you think about. Those […]

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You have a choice. Either see the world as a place of scarcity where there is insufficient almost anything to go around and where the universe is seen as not supplying adequately for anyone and therefore you must amass things for your own personal trove since if someone else gets it you won't. Or you […]

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The night was still. The room was as quiet as quiet could get. The lights were low. The sage incense was burning. The smoke filled the room with an aroma of peace. The feeling was surreal. Was it real or all an illusion. She looked like the young woman …really a girl.. from a bygone […]

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You can only leave one thing behind. One item. That's it. Not a collection of things. Not a dresser draw full of things. Just one sole,single thing that would say it all about who you were and what you stood for. What it all meant to you. One thing. You walk through your life. You […]

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It happened in 10 minutes. 10. Clapping pushups, kettlebell swings and air squats. Over and over and over and over and…until you were done. Drained, sweat, dripping, light headed and aching. It was grand. What a machine we have. An amazing tool. A crazy connection of bones, tissues, muscles,chemicals, nerves and other stuff I know […]

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We are only promised today. And even then it can be just part of today.That's it. Nothing more. Everything else is an illusion, a wish, a hope and a prayer. In this world it is just today. It has been said that another word for today is eternity. It could very well be that our […]

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The ride over the bridge was windy. The seagulls glided past us as the motorcycles swayed a bit here and there crossing the expansion bridge over the Gulf of Mexico. It was her first time taking her bike off the island and she was handling the moment in grand style. The sun was strong, the […]

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