The One Question that Has Made My Life a Great Adventure
I am a person who has done many life experiments that have made me who I am. These life experiments are always the result of a question I like to play with…
I am a person who has done many life experiments that have made me who I am. These life experiments are always the result of a question I like to play with…
It’s my birthday in 2 days, so I decided to do a retrospective on everything important I’ve learned. Here’s what I wrote.
Being deliberate is a tool that helps us access the higher parts of ourselves. Often we feel helpless. But we can take our power back by being deliberate about our choices in any situation.
I think of my body as a fun vehicle I’ve been given to experience my life with. I imagine myself as a Kia Soul, unique and quirky but practical and useful, a little slow to get up to speed but dependable once I get going. And I remember from when I had my own (actual) car that if I don’t change the oil, get it rustproofed, wash it and take loving care of it, the car begins dragging and breaking down. It gets old before its time. It can support me only as long as I support it.
Dear TRailBLazer,
No one just ARRIVES.
We have to go on THE JOURNEY.
So if your life isn’t all rainbows and unicorns right now, don’t worry too much about it. Just celebrate how far you’ve come and keep moving in the direction of your highest vision for yourself, with your head held high!
Do what your heart most wants to do. Not because you’re necessarily going to be great at it, or become famous, or make a million dollars doing it. But because: This. Is. Your. Life.
I used to wake up every day wanting to die.
Not all of me wanted that. There were parts of me that wanted to live large, travel the world, be an entrepreneur, inspire others and make a real difference as a writer, teacher, philanthropist and all-round shift-disturber, starting and supporting projects that make the world better.
But this one loud and persistent part of me wanted nothing to do with any of that. It just wanted to die.
Dear Friends,
As you may have noticed, over the holidays I shut down most of my social media activities. This was a conscious decision, so I could hear what my Inner Voice is asking of me for 2016.
We all have that voice, but it’s hard to hear what it’s saying amid the drama and expectations of our daily lives, and especially during the non-stop marathon that is the holidays.
Someone says something to you that you don’t like. You feel angry. Really angry. You spend the next hour imagining all the brilliant, witty things you’ll say back to them in your defense.