Do You Have a Rhino in Your Life?

It was in the Chitwan National Park in Nepal that the rhino came into my life. Oh I had seen the rhino in zoos and photographs but never like this before. On foot we wandered through the jungle sanctuary and there he was. At one moment he started to charge us but then I guess […]

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Beyond Expectations

Acting without expectation always has been the challenge. It is important to have positive goals but acting with a set expectation of how the effort will turn out is a dangerous play. Once you are acting with expectations it colors the effort. You can only present your best when you are focused on the now […]

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February 3: The plane was just a dot in the sky as it approached Lukla. The landing strip at Lukla was nothing larger than a football field made up of grass,dirt and rocks. The field sloped upward at the far end which basically permitted the plane to slow down on landing. This is the jumping […]

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She walked through the garage not realizing that some joggers were going by and the garage door was still open. Throwing something out in the trash and then heading back into the house. Don't know her name or anything else really other than how she carried herself. Bent shoulders, shuffle in the walk. Not old […]

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February 2: What happened to patience. When was it lost as a critical ingredient in a successful life.Maybe cellphone, instant messaging, emails have stripped us of the beauty and need in our lives of patience.Letting the day, the story,the moment unfold in a purposeful,meaningful manner as opposed to merely getting it over with.There is something […]

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Sooner or later it is always high noon. Sooner or later you come face to face with the adversary…real or not, it presents itself to you. Gary Cooper in High Noon. There he was. Portraying the sheriff Will Kane walking down the dusty streets of Hadleyville as the noon train unloaded his enemy and threat […]

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February 1: The great thing,among so many things,about children is that they permit us to see things for the first time again.To experience the sights and sounds of the world,to witness the beauty and awe of nature fresh is one of the gifts we receive from children. A simple blade of grass is amazing through […]

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Some call it the hour of the wolf. Others have different names for it but it all refers to the same moment…2 a.m. or 3 a.m. when your eyes open, your heart is racing and the problem of the day is magnified to an exaggerated size. It is from that time till sunrise that the […]

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January 29: It was at Tangeboche that I finally witnessed the power of silence. Our group had made its way up from Namche to the covered wooden bridge that permitted us to enter the grounds of the Buddhist monastery. As we crossed the bridge we were engulfed in The Silence. To the left of us […]

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January 28: When the student is ready,the teacher will appear. So often the lesson is right in front of us yet we can not see it because we just are not ready. We are stuck in some old drama. We are recycling the old stuff in the same machine again and again. The teacher is […]

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