In life you'll occasionally come across small changes that transform your perspective and magnify your ability to accomplish things. I've discovered one that I feel you need to know for a number of reasons, chief among them from my perspective is the opportunity to catalyze massive change not just locally, but globally. My secret little …
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Chronic Imbalance
Growth inside is the counterweight to growth outside. Allow me to explain. If you spend your days growing on the outside, that is, honing your "doing" skills and fail to grow on the inside, the resulting imbalance will eventually lead to implosion. If, on the other hand, inner growth in any person or collection of …
Dancing Horses
"Dancing Horses" by Gregg Hake Dancing horses on the wall Leaving dancers' light footfalls. Dancing horses in my room How you lift a day of gloom!
Give Thee Rest
Thou giver of my deepest thoughts of joy, Who from the solemn darkness doth proclaim Words unformed through my heart no longer coy, How can I give thee rest and fan thy flame? The world has grown cold, embers once red hot Now smolder with righteous indignation And earth, disfeatured by man's cold fiat, Yearns …
Time to grow up!
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.” - John Maxwell Taking total responsibility for your attitudes requires that you eschew blame altogether. To turn your back on blame you must: Realize that you have a choice as to …
At Length, Truth Will Out
Miserable comforters are ye all, Ye who bray and shout; My ways are true, I did not fall At length, truth will out. Though thorns and nails and fantastical tales Give thee brief redoubt, Rest assured for all your travails At length, truth will out. The patience of Job is thine, dear compeer Sink never …
Tell Me Again
Tell me again I am alone and listening. Tell me again I can now see the glistening. Show me the place From whence I was born. Show me the place To which I am sworn.
My Wishes for You
My wish for you is that you can truly say in this moment and every future moment: "The world is a better place because of what I have thought, said or done for the last hour." My wish for you is that you can know more than the shallow satisfaction of achievement by coming to …
In the Saddle, In the World
"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." - Winston Churchill The greatest challenge is not in learning lessons, but in applying them in as many other areas of your life as you can in the few precious years you have on earth. Some of my most important lessons have come …
The Moral of the Chicken Bone
One of my Bernese mountain dogs devoured a giant cooked chicken bone that she had dug out of a lidded garbage can in the butler's pantry a number of months ago and we had to rush her to the vet for surgery to have it removed. You would think that the trauma of the event …
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