To make a fire using a flint and steel set, you strike the steel against the flint until a spark lands on the char cloth, fungus or birch. You must then put the char into a tinder nest and blow gently. The spark is fleeting; it burns out quickly. If it does not land on …
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Activity and Achievement
Do not confuse activity with achievement. Achievement always involves activity of some type, but not all activity is productive, let alone beneficial. Whether you are in school, at work or at play, take care not to whip yourself into activity for any other reason but specific, purposeful achievement. The energy you will free up on …
Worship
As we head into this New Year each one must ask himself, whether he is religious or not: "What will I worship?" What will prove to be the most attention-grabbing aspect of your world in 2014? Will it be that which you love, despise, desire, crave or perhaps that which antagonizes and annoys you most? …
Radically Generative
Contrary to popular secular opinion, you do not need more education, money, prestige or luck to live a more radically generative life. In fact, the only requirement is free of charge and readily available, despite being often overlooked. Every man, woman and child on earth could live a more radically generative life today, tomorrow and …
I am, because of you
A friend of mine sent me a link to a heart-warming TED presentation yesterday which got me thinking on tribalism and the longing to belong. The talk was given by a talented South African wildlife activist and storyteller named Boyd Varty. Boyd touched on the uniquely African concept called "ubuntu," which is defined as "I …
You’re as big as you feel
You're as big as you feel. When you feel good about yourself and your situation, you feel "larger than life." When you feel constricted, down and out or that the world's against you, you feel small, if not insignificant. Why is that? Your sense of self is a function of radiance and radiance is a …
Man’s Chief Purpose
Man’s chief purpose is the connection of that which is called heaven - the invisible realm of love, truth and life from which visible creation springs - to the earth. Man is endowed with heart, mind and body; when properly aligned, this outer trinity provides the means by which the inner three "spirits" are given …
Why?
My youngest son, William, was singing a quiet little song when I checked in on him during his bath last evening. Here's how the conversation went... Me: Everything ok, William? Are you having a peaceful bath? William: Yes, daddy. I'm just singing a song I wrote. Me: I heard you singing, what is the song …
Equal Gains
"Modern Man is the victim of the very instruments he values most. Every gain in power, every mastery of natural forces, every scientific addition to knowledge, has proved potentially dangerous, because it has not been accompanied by equal gains in self-understanding and self-discipline." - Lewis Mumford The longevity of any society depends upon the ability …
Come Again
Nativity by John Donne Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb, Now leaves His well-belov'd imprisonment, There He hath made Himself to His intent Weak enough, now into the world to come; But O, for thee, for Him, hath the inn no room? Yet lay Him in this stall, and from the Orient, Stars and wise …
Gregory Hake 