Opening to Lifelong Learning

In order to continue that journey toward greater wisdom, it is no longer enough to have the desire to know, although of course that is important. In order to keep growing and learning, there has to be humility.  The opposite of humility is ego, and ego blocks human...

Courage to Be

For each one of us our sense of identity plays such an important role – it influences how we see ourselves and also how we see our world.  We all yearn for deeper authenticity however, the way we identify ourselves creates a sense of belonging.  Often this need for...

Courage is….

In life you will be placed in positions or called to act in a capacity that you feel you are not qualified to act. Whether this may be in your personal or professional life, life does have the tendency to overwhelm us by placing us in impossible situations. What does...

The Power of Humility

Have you ever noticed that most of the people in history who have made the largest or greatest impact for positive change in society have been very humble.  And on the other hand those who have left a legacy of destruction and pain have been very arrogant. In...

Relooking at my priorities

I would like to begin with an exercise today.  Take a piece of paper, in the center draw a star.  That represents you.  Now around this star list all that you consider to be important relationships in your life.  Place them around in the order of priority.  So if you...

The Journey

We have often heard the expression that life is a journey.  When any journey is begun, there is an idea of the destination – an anticipation of where we reaching and what will be the attainment at the end.  Without a sense of what is to be achieved the journey...