One July, too long ago, I spent a week in New Orleans. I was with my church and half us were spending time building homes with Habitat for Humanity and the other half of us organized and facilitated the summer bible school program the church in NOLA didn't have the staff to continue. Everyone worked during the … Continue reading Vacuum
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Intend to study
One of the times you sit down or stand still and square yourself away to engage in some screen time, put it away. Turn it off. Step out of virtual reality and into actual reality. Study actual reality. Study the world outside your living room window. Study what's in front of your windshield the next … Continue reading Intend to study
The first day…
Today is the first day. What does it start? The year? The year 2017. The journey you've been waiting your whole life to begin? Why are you still waiting? The process to go back to school? The planning of the life you've always wanted to live? LIVING the life you've always wanted to live? Do … Continue reading The first day…
Intention 11.1.16
I am quiet and in that quiet my breath brings me to the possibility that it is ok to be thankful for all. Just try to spend the next thirty days sharing what you're thankful for with the world. What will that look like? What are you thankful for? How can you show your thankfulness? … Continue reading Intention 11.1.16
10.20.16 Intention
I am entirely safe, present, and complete in this moment. My ability to focus on this moment, and this moment alone, allows me to shape how I am and who I am. This focus allows me to see the unlimited possibility in my purpose. Stop obsessing over the details no one (not even you) notices. … Continue reading 10.20.16 Intention
Kripalu 7.30.16
There is so much brokenness in the world. Today, I hope this helps. You matter; no matter what all the people around you shaking their heads are thinking. It matters. If you're wondering if you're making a difference, you are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FkG-Bh9J9c photo: unsplash
Kripalu 7.29.16
Intention: Get through it. Some days you don't have it, but you just keep going. The world doesn't stop moving just because you do. Ya gotta suck it up and keep moving. Who knows, by the end of the day, you may have faked yourself into moving along with it. photo: … Continue reading Kripalu 7.29.16
Kripalu 7.28.16
Intention: Receive: Receive and refine your thinking. Refine as in to bring more clarity or refine as in to reduce to a smaller component of a larger whole? For me, it's all of them. Submit to all the things you don't have figured out. Know them and know you already have everything you need to … Continue reading Kripalu 7.28.16
Kripalu 7.27.16
Intentions: I can change my patterns when I change my mind about them. Fortitude: Stay strong in your body to create fortitude in your heart. I encountered so many people yesterday who were working on strength in the body because their hearts were (and still are) so broken. These people just kept showing up for … Continue reading Kripalu 7.27.16
Kripalu 7.26.16
Intention: Welcome: Dissolve your fear and welcome to this moment And here we find ourselves with another allusion to presence. I get it... still not there. Take 10 seconds to just breathe and be. When present, you can get a lot done. Planning, creating, envisioning, moving, breathing, and living are all enhanced when fully present for them. … Continue reading Kripalu 7.26.16
Kripalu 7.25.16
Monday at Kripalu was delightful. Today's intentions: I trust that my gut reaction it he truth underneath the surface of my fears. Commitment: Commit to the simplest structure. So when I had started out the day with an extensive and meticulously planned schedule, I cleared it immediately. I wandered the grounds on a hike for … Continue reading Kripalu 7.25.16
Kripalu 7.24.16
Sunday's personal meditation intentions focused on mindful speaking and presence. Then, the morning class with Elena Brower was about presence. I see a theme that my life thinks I need to pay attention to. Since your presences here, in theory, is your presence everywhere, here are a few things to consider: What do you see that you do … Continue reading Kripalu 7.24.16
Beautiful People
Happy Monday Morning! Running, in one form or another, has brought so many amazing things to my life. 1. Health 2. Joy 3. Clarity 4. Peace This list could really go on and on and on. The thing most important: 5. Beautiful People Coaches who have been proud of me here on Earth as my … Continue reading Beautiful People
