Taking on new challenges over the past month has been thrilling and inspiring, yet I also acknowledge that little voice waiting in the woodwork for me to screw up so it could say, “I told you so. You’re not that smart / creative / sharp / capable / whatever.” For my inner perfectionist, that is…
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I admit it. I have talked and talked about the value of partnership, and I today I got what I’ve been missing in that conversation. As much as I would like it to be, partnership is not me stating my needs and getting them met…or sharing a plan for partnership in the future. Partnership is…
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I woke up this sunny San Diego morning bright-eyed and open-hearted, happy to venture out for a morning run with a couple girlfriends. Smoothie, check. Computer for work later, check. Journal for Blossom workshop, check. And off I went. Within minutes of our run…ouch.
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“The root of the word courage is cor — the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage had a very different definition than it does today. Courage originally meant to speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” The Tao Te Ching states that courage is derived from love…
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Here’s a cute excerpt from the New York Times where people were asked to sum up their love story in six words: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/whats-your-six-word-love-story/ Some of mine? Girlfriends gabbing over coffee, wine, anything. The Prince’s horse has broken leg. Loving self and living in service. Torrey Pines. Hanalei. Kerala. Tahoe.
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Choose to love with innocence, and receive the love you seek. It is always there trying to give itself to you. Each time we’ve been hurt, we’ve unconsciously closed a bit, cutting off the flow of our true nature. The beauty of children is their purity in love. They shine. Remember what it was like…
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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. - Rabindranath Tagore Freedom. What more do we want in life? Love, yes…but love, or anything else for that matter, without freedom is not love at all but a cage. Freedom is essential to our ability to express, create and connect.
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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. – Judy Garland
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