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We’re all teachers in one way or another. At times we’re the lighthouse guiding ships through dark and stormy times. At times we’re the majestic mountain, easily seen from a distance and a landmark for navigating life’s tricky paths. And at times we’re the grounded ocean freighter, leaking oil into the sea and rusting slowly [...]

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The trust you seek in any situation begins within you. I talk, and write (profusely it seems), about presence and being present−the unfolding of things in and around us. And yet, volumes could be filled with what I still have to learn about being with in the unfoldment. Lately I have realized the importance of consciousness [...]

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No longer am I satisfied by (and was never fulfilled by) divisional thinking with everything. What a distraction from the Story! It was both challenging and freeing to realize I was not my opinions. Simply put, opinions come only from what is external to you: they are not representative of who you really are. If [...]

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A lot of people talk about being present these days.  Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth” first made that concept real for me a number of years ago.  I remember thinking to myself that this idea of blocking out external distractions and focusing on the energy of the moment was very similar to what an artist, [...]

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A lack of purpose, of meaning−is the precise suffering of suffering! … The soul can live without success, but it cannot live without meaning. −Richard Rohr If you desire to know purpose, then discover the gift you offer in the world. Your gift−entrusted into your being in the beginning−is a beacon directing you to purpose [...]

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I have prayed for years for one good humiliation a day, and then I must watch my reaction to it. In my position, I have no other way of spotting both my well-denied shadow self and my idealized persona. −Richard Rohr, Falling Upward  Who are you? Really? Trust me, the real you is the one [...]

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In 1563, Paolo Veronese painted The Wedding Feast at Cana. It depicts a famous Bible story in which Jesus performed a miracle at a wedding feast by turning water into wine. The painting is absolutely massive in scale. It measures 267 x 391 inches and is a brilliantly-painted late-Renaissance masterpiece. It is on display in [...]

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It seems all they needed was a picture. Mike is a dedicated supervisor of the town’s water division. Excellence is in his nature. For months he tried to communicate to his staff how to leave a resident’s yard in a near perfect state after a required excavation. One day he turned his truck onto the [...]

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Influence radiates from the core of who we are. For influence to extend as far as possible, confidence at the core is essential. Without confidence, you cannot expect to influence others. Confidence without empathy, compassion, and love is called arrogance. Arrogance radiates from the core, as well, and it is the destructive antithesis of influence. [...]

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Trust yourself. This is not a one-time statement closing the issue for good. This internal communication needs to be transmitted often. Most of all the message is one you must unconditionally hear. The impact of reach begins in your own story. The connection you desire−from the communication required−is not accomplished without the story. Desire & [...]

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