Wisdom

I Don’t Know How I’ll Squeeze It In

So many times when I speak with people about choosing themselves, living their best life, achieving their dreams, blah-de-blah-de-blah, I see the reaction “I don’t know how I’m going to squeeze that in with everything else I HAVE to do.”  From there I try to determine if that’s just a knee jerk reaction because they haven’t thought of prioritizing the win/win scenario of living their best so they have the best to offer others or if they really feel that the life they’ve created for themselves is a law of physics like gravity, a black hole they are headed to which they can’t escape.…Details

Long Term Quality Of Life

Long term plans can help us achieve the most amazing results.  While we really like the examples of overnight success, they rarely actually are.  We’re just looking at the results of thousands of decisions that have accumulated into the underdog, look they done good, hero story. …Details

I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

But what happens when it doesn’t?  What happens when all the effort you put into making a plan, a really good plan, a lifetime plan, a plan that will get you from here to there, that will help you survive this/that/and the other slips out of sync with reality? …Details

Colors In Perspective

I love spending time with my artist siblings for a great many reasons, one of which is the conversations about color.  My brother-in-law talking about the colors in the fused glass portraits he’s doing, how to get flesh tones and shading right through double-digit firings, my sister talking about the colors she uses on her crystal eggs that she is making to goto the Dolores Cannon Transformation Conference or “Arkansas” as we call it, and what colors we’re wearing and how that reflects our moods.…Details

But You’re Good At It

Just because you’re good at something doesn’t necessarily mean that’s a message for you to take that on as a career or a calling.  People get confused because they are good at this thing or that and therefore pursue it but find it unfulfilling or even soul killing. …Details

Saying Makes It So

If grief teaches us nothing else, it teaches us that words make things real.  That’s why we don’t want to say that someone has died, that a relationship is over, that we’ve lost our favorite friend or pet or childhood toy. …Details

The Beacon Ahead

We don’t often think about our personal path as something that is interconnected with others.  It’s personal to us and connects as necessary for the service we perform or to help us achieve our goals such as to create community, to access some new facet of self, to move us ahead. …Details

The Big Picture

It’s often hard to get an idea of what the big picture will turn out to be when you start walking your path.  When people take that first step, when they commit to being who they really are and acting on it, not just inside in their private thoughts and feelings, but in their external lives where others can see, things can seem disjointed and disconnected to each other.…Details

Are You Ready To Change?

It’s a key question and most people don’t think to ask it of themselves or even take it into consideration.  They have questions, they have problems, they have dreams, they have needs and they want solutions and answers.  They want things to change. …Details

Just A Common Soldier

JUST A COMMON SOLDIER (A Soldier Died Today)

by A. Lawrence Vaincourt

 

He was getting  old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast, And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past. Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done, In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one.

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