by Deb | Apr 30, 2012 | Connections, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
When Someone Deeply Listens to You When someone deeply listens to you it is like holding out a dented cup you’ve had since childhood and watching it fill up with cold, fresh water. When it balances on top of the brim, you are understood. When it overflows and...
by Deb | Apr 10, 2012 | Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.” -The Dhammapada Our thoughts and intentions are so much more powerful than we know. I know that when I focus on the negative, my life moves in the...
by Deb | Apr 4, 2012 | Creativity, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” -Dr. Brene Brown, TED Talk (Listening to Shame) In her second TED talk, Dr. Bren Brown talks about the myth that vulnerability is weakness. In fact, when she asked the audience if...
by Deb | Mar 29, 2012 | Learning, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
Two Kinds of Intelligence There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired as a child in school memorizes facts and concepts from books and from what the teacher say, collecting information from the traditional sciences as well as from the new sciences. With such...
by Deb | Mar 13, 2012 | Change, Transition and Transformation, Metaphors and Stories, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
Fueled Fueled by a million man-made wings of fire the rocket tore a tunnel through the sky and everybody cheered. Fueled only by a thought from God the seedling urged its way through thickness of black and as it pierced the heavy ceiling of the soil and launched...
by Deb | Mar 2, 2012 | Metaphors and Stories, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
Trough There is a trough in waves, a low spot where horizon disappears and only sky and water are our company. And there we lose our way unless we rest, knowing the wave will bring us to its crest again. There we may drown if we let fear hold us within its grip and...
