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The lesson of loss

Loss. The emptiness. The place where someone stood or sat is vacant. The call. The voice. The shared histories and moments of joy and sadness. Relationships are all part of the stories of a life. As I work my way through these losses I keep thinking how fragile and precious each moment is. How we […]

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Those who make it better

Over the last year, I lost two dear friends. One by illness and one through a tragic accident. As I reflect on both friends, I think about what made them special. They were both comfortable in their own skin. They loved to help. They wanted to hear all the news from their friends. With the […]

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A friend throughout time

You just never know. You start the day making right turns and then a left turn finds its way in and everything changes. As I write in Hour of the Wolf, life is a constant flipping coin. You make decisions, make choices but everyone else is doing that too. Or a half a inch here […]

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A mindfulness moment

Mindfulness. Seeing the larger picture of a life. Being present in the moments that matter. How did it happen that acquiring stuff has taken on such a predominant place in our world? Stuff? Really? In the larger story, it is relationships. It is kindness. It is decency. It is enjoying the universal simple moments in […]

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The new adventure

Some times it is so easy to get lost in the feeling that we are just going through the motions. Add to that some folks who are negative energy and you may feel really lost or lonely. Don’t buy into that. Make a pact with yourself. Enter into a sacred agreement with yourself that you […]

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The morning light

The sun has broken through. The super cold has lifted. The snow is melting. Life is just like that too. Don’t be dragged down by the difficult. By the coldness of others. By the critics of the slightest flaw. The sun will break through. It is the nature of life and the cycles of a […]

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Destiny and legacy

Resolutions. New Year resolutions. Each year as the first day of the new year arrives, you make a list. What bad habit you want to break. What good things you want to accomplish. Last year we cut so many strings. We released the safe and secure and entered the unknown and uncertain. But maybe, just […]

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A new year wish

Wishing you all a happy new year! May you find peace and a balance in your life that helps you live each day fully and with an open heart. It is so easy to get lost in the nonsense of the nonsense. Seek out the quiet. Seek out the beauty. Seek out the calm. Seek […]

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Hour of the Wolf is a wake up call

This past year, we wandered Vietnam, Cambodia, Mexico, and different states in the United States. Each journey opened our eyes, hearts and souls to new experiences. New adventures. Diverse cultures. New ideas. The beauty of experiencing things for the first time again. For the first time again stuck with me. We seem to becoming so […]

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Begin the climb

As the year comes to a close and we await 2014… Truly hard to believe that number…make yourself a promise. A pledge. Take a solemn oath. This coming year don’t phone your days in. Don’t settle for crumbs. Don’t be afraid to live the day. What does 100% of you feel like. As each day […]

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