Plura sunt quæ nos terrent, quam quæ premunt; et sæpius opinione quam re laboramus — "There are more things to alarm than to harm us, and we suffer much oftener in apprehension than reality." - Horace Leadership requires a steadiness in the face of alarm, the ability to reassure in times of uncertainty and the …
Category: Ideas Worth Spreading
Nature’s Handiwork
I thought you might enjoy these photos taken this morning, just as the sun was removing all traces of this beautiful display.
Admit the Possibility
One of the most powerful tools you have at your disposal when dealing with intractable situations (second probably only to forgiveness) is that of admitting for the possibility that you might be wrong. You have - by design - a limited perspective. No matter how you cut it, you will always only see a slice …
To Love and to be Beloved
"Eros", by Ralph Waldo Emerson The sense of the world is short, Long and various the report, To love and be beloved; Men and gods have not outlearned it, And how oft soe'er they've turned it, 'Tis not to be improved. To love and to be beloved you must yield to love, lean into it, …
Difficultly
Some difficulties you face in life might seem insurmountable at first glance, but any problem can be broken down into its constituent parts with sufficient analysis and the right perspective. Like a sculptor, you must find a way to chip away at its facets to reveal the opportunity which lies within every opportunity. The first …
Holding the Line Part II
After thinking a bit more about my post yesterday, I realized that I did not mention an important aspect that can be easy to overlook or dismiss. In the course of holding the line for others you'll often find things in yourself that also require clarification. The person at the other end of the line …
Holding the Line
Sometimes the best you can do for a friend or a child is to hold the line relative to destructive thoughts, attitudes, or actions. As much as you would like to think or act for them, you cannot. Even children, whose capacity for rational or complex thought has not yet matured, can be expected and …
Choices
The inner you (your eternal Soul) is connected to the outer you (your temporal soul or your body, mind and heart) by virtue of a little understood and infrequently considered medium. That medium may be either calm and clear or turbulent and muddied. To the degree that it is calm and clear or a "sea …
Yesterday
The morning frost was unusually arresting yesterday morning...thought I'd share it with you.
The Sway of Love
On this Christmas morning I cannot help but think of the need to provide a sanctuary for pure, sweet essences of love which are, as always, at hand. We need not look back two thousand years to feel and know the influence of the light of love in the world, in fact, we need look …
Gregory Hake 