Archive: April 2013

“Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one’s liberty.”
~Henri Frederic Amiel

I awoke this morning with a song in my heart. So much to be grateful for, including the sunrise, every so gently diffused by the clouds. It gave me a little extra time to sit and be, before the brilliance put spots in my eyes, my signal that it’s time to go inside ….

So yesterday I was described as “persistent”. As a teacher or coach, I sat and asked myself this morning how this has come to be?  How did I learn to be “persistent” (assuming that persistence is a good trait LOL)? How do I teach that? read more

“If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you.”

~ Deng Ming-Dao from ‘Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony’

What a beautiful clear day it is here in the VI. A great way to begin the week anew. I spent yesterday, working with Spencer, clearing out paperwork for the first quarter of the year. It will leave him with a clean desk, and a clean slate, as he heads off island for a month on a yacht delivery then vacation. read more

“A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with – that’s poverty—but it’s how efficiently we can put first things first. When you’re clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it’s clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar.”
~ Victoria Moran

I love this teeny-tiny red sun, peeking out from behind the clouds this morning. It doesn’t have to be grand to be spectacular. As yesterday I wrote about letting go, it seemed that this thought echoed loudly throughout my day. read more

“Everything changes, nothing remains without change.”
~ Buddha

The sky today was such a perfect example of Buddha’s quote. The weatherman say it’s supposed to be mostly sunny, although you wouldn’t have guessed it upon first greeting the morning skies. Good news for Adult Parade down at Carnival 🙂 In each blink of the eye and flash of my camera, the clouds had changed.

Yesterday, I was talking with a friend about relationships. Isn’t it within our relationships with people that we can experience some of the biggest highs and lows in life. She and I concur the suffering we sometimes experience in our relationships is a result of our not recognizing that the relationship has evolved. Not deeply recognizing and honoring where the other person is in THIS moment of time. Not in our moment of time, or our mutual historical time together. People change! read more