Emotions and Actions

2015 is the year of the Goat and the theme is creating an eloquent relationship with our emotions and becoming competent in hearing their wisdom and acting upon it.  With the current tragic events unfolding in France, one of the emotional misconceptions we are taught is being highlighted in bold.  Anger is wrong and it…

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Setting Goals

Most people think of goals as a one sentence statement which labels a bullseye to hit within a specified time.  If the time frame is non-existent then there’s not real impetus to reach the goal, but no real negative for not doing so other than it didn’t get done.  If the time frame is too…

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White Flowers

By Mary Oliver   Last night in the fields I lay down in the darkness to think about death, but instead I fell asleep, as if in a vast and sloping room filled with those white flowers that open all summer, sticky and untidy, in the warm fields. When I woke the morning light was…

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Be Who You’re Looking For

“All of my life I’ve been looking for someone who will….”  It’s amazing how we can have such a detailed understanding of what it is we want from and in that certain someone in our lives, but when asked what we want from and for ourselves we draw a complete blank.  It’s not that we…

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Emotional Competency

In this year of the goat the theme will be about being competent with our emotions. That has nothing to do with controlling them, repressing them, regulating them, or attempting to release them back into the wild.  It’s about being fluent in them, competent to use them just as we’ve (hopefully) become competent at driving…

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Whew! We Made It!

The landing on this past year was a bit shaky but any one you can walk away from, right?  From the year of the Horse to the year of the Goat we’re moving out of emotionally turbulent waters into the quieter passions. Chew on that for a bit while you enjoy a relaxing and happy…

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And So It Begins…

Or not.  It’s Friday, it’s a long weekend after a long weekend and the holidays have just happened and stuff.  So take a moment to look at things a different way, hang out a bit, clear away the party debris.  If you want to think heavy thoughts about where you’ve been and where you’re going,…

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Happy New Year!

It’s officially 2015 and the year of the Goat.  Which means stop being lazy, get over your hang over, get off your ass or horse or whatever you ended up riding by the end of it all and get ready to work! LOL!!!! Just kidding (Get it?  Kid? Goat humor…).  Take the rest of the…

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New Year’s Eve

It is the end of the year of the Horse and it’s been a wild ride for everyone, it would seem. Some have had a great time, some have survived horrible journey’s, and most of us have had a mixture of highs and lows that have left us a bit breathless.  As the wheel turns…

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