“ Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ~ Winnie-the-Pooh You have a limit. Everyone does. If you’re reasonably lucky, and keep your wits about you, you shouldn’t get pushed to there too often. But despite your best laid plans, your good karma, and your better instincts, once [...]
“ If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose,' the Walrus said, That they could get it clear?'I doubt it,' said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear.” ~ Lewis Carroll Remember Sisyphus? Apparently, this famous figure from Greek mythology was something of a bad dude. [...]
“ The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.” ~ Helen Keller If you can see, you have vision. If you can daydream, you can have a vision. So wouldn’t it be cool if you could build those muscles like any other part of your body and limber them up to [...]
“ The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ~ Albert Einstein OK, it’s riddle time again. Name something that you need but you can’t buy. Everything and everyone has some degree of it. When you’ve got plenty of it, you rarely think about it, but when it’s missing, you know you [...]
“ Youth has no age.” ~ Pablo Picasso Remember cassettes? Those little compact plastic boxes that held a spool of analog magnetic tape? If you wanted to skip from one song to another you had to use the fast-forward or rewind buttons on your tape player. Well, cassettes (and videotapes for that matter) are [...]
“ Your soul becomes dyed with the colour of your thoughts.” ~ Marcus Aurelius What is your soul anyway? Is it your consciousness? Is it your collection of life experiences? Is it something you’re born with that stays the same throughout your life? Or is your birth just the starting point and your [...]
“ A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” ~ George Augustus Moore Anna Halprin was famous for saying "Your body is a microcosm of the universe" — arguably one of the foundational statements of conscious dance. Science, of course, bears this out. Vast numbers of [...]
“ You only live once, but if you do it right,once is enough.” ~ Mae West Where do you go for your words of wisdom? Who do you turn to when you need advice? Have you ever employed the services of what is sometimes referred to as a “coach“? Life is a gift [...]
“ Tell me — and I forget,teach me — and I may remember, involve me — and will I learn.” ~ Benjamin Franklin What’s your secret sauce for learning? Do you have any special shortcuts or tricks up your sleeve that help you gain knowledge or wisdom more quickly? Do you ever reach [...]
“ Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.” ~ Albert Camus Take a look around you right now. You’re currently in the middle of something. You could be reading this anywhere -- your desk, your easy chair, your kitchen table. But you are also immersed in something, aside [...]
