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Jul 2011: Keeping Score

July 1, 2011

“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”   —– Albert Einstein  How’s your life going? To respond by saying “fine” isn’t what I’m up to here. I’m suggesting you inquire deeply into what matters most in your life, and ask how the way you live is making that a reality. This inquiry is [...]

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Jun 2011: Be the River, Not the Levee

June 1, 2011

“Life accepts only partners, not bosses, because self-determination is at the root of being.”  — Finding Our Way, Margaret Wheatley   One of the top stories in the news lately concerns the unusual amount of rainfall in the Midwestern U.S., and the subsequent flooding of the lower Mississippi River. The situation has become dire in terms [...]

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Mar 2011: Getting What You Want … With Grace

March 1, 2011

“To be in touch with your self requires great sensitivity to everything that’s going on here and now.” –Deepak Chopra  Life’s too precious not to enjoy what we want most, and it’s certainly too precious to waste fighting to get it. When we stop to look, however, we often find more evidence of fight than [...]

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Feb 2011: Problem People

February 1, 2011

“Avoid compulsively making things worse.”     – my fortune cookie a few weeks ago Do you often find yourself in the presence of “problem people,” those who somehow leave you feeling annoyed, frustrated, upset, impatient, betrayed, sad, or just plain pissed off? Problem people. What’s up with all of them, anyway? Don’t they ever stop? Why do [...]

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Dec 2009: Truth, Belief, Evidence & Perception – How We “Know”

December 1, 2009

“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?Four; calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”   – Abraham Lincoln I think a lot about what constitutes “truth,” how we know what we know, about and about how truth and belief are so interrelated. Perhaps because I ponder [...]

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