Are you ready to walk your wall? Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren’t there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.” ~ Randy Pausch I was feeling pretty smug as I sauntered into the gym with confidence before sunrise. I…
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How to Change Your Life
Have you ever wanted to change your life? A ‘turtle step’ is the least I can do, divided in half. It’s also the only way I’ve ever achieved anything.” ~ Dr. Martha Beck I walked out onto the back deck and lay down in the lounge chair. I pulled the blanket over my chin and…
Why We Love Patina over Perfection
Do you believe in patina over perfection? Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side… we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life. ~ Jeff Bridges With…
Your Fear & Anxiety Map
If you want a new outcome, you will have to break the habit of being yourself, and reinvent a new self.” ~ Dr. Joe Dispenza Let’s begin with going back and reading once more the quote from Dr. Joe above, as it is an alchemical key ring holding the skeleton key to creating anything, most…
My Definition of a Good Life
How do you define a “good life?” Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”~ Toni Morrison, Beloved You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”~ Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon “Class,” our fifth grade teacher said, “it is time for our long, Friday…
More Mister Rogers
What can we learn about creativity from Mister Rogers? During the winters of my early childhood, our family would pack up the station wagon and make the long drive to Key Largo, Florida. After two days in the car, we were rewarded with counting down the mile markers on Overseas Highway to Snug Harbor, my…
