Year: 2012

Some Kind of Creed

I’ve learned some things over the last year or two. I want to share them. There are good and bad in the world. Paying heed to the bad is a…

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Struggling and Sobbing

Why Does Yogo Make Me Cry? I’ve been having difficulty with a couple of things lately. Firstly, the work that I do to earn a living requires a high level…

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Our Naturally Perfect World — Trying to Make Sense of Tragedy.

I wrote these words earlier today while I was sitting alone on top of rock in the middle of a stream listening to crystal-clean water flow down the mountain in…

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Speaking a Foreign Language: Chaos & Control

“Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.” ~Chuck Palahniuk Tonight I found myself at an event full of people,…

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Little Bee in the Sand

I was sitting on the beach when I noticed a lonesome little bee innocently hobbling through the sand. What was he doing there, with no nectar to suck on, no…

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The Illusion of Ownership

It’s difficult to let go. Of our possessions, of people, of the past. We can even become attached to our expectations of the future and what we hope to happen….

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The Head and the Heart

Who knows why we do the things we do or what makes us tick? Some people know what they want to be when they grow up from the age of…

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A Mission of Person

When I was in college I was assigned the task of creating a personal “mission statement” in business ethics class. You’ve probably heard the term from a business class, or…

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