Month: February 2012
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Open to Adventures
I’ve been leading a virtual book club this month for Martha Beck‘s newest book, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World. One of the benefits of holding this virtually is that participants come from varied places, from Canada, Austria, and multiple states in the U.S., including Alaska! I love how technology can be such…
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For Love of Travel
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller My father came to the United States when he was just 17, looking for job opportunities that weren’t available to him back home in Runcorn in the United Kingdom. He found and worked at several different jobs before finding…
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When is the Right Time?
“Your journey has molded you for greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don’t think that you’ve lost time. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the Now. And Now is right on time.”– Asha Tyson Often times I hear clients or friends asking, “when…
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Pain and Suffering
“Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not. Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” – first noble truth of Buddhism This past Friday, I finally decided to have a root canal done. The tooth that has been annoyingly painful…
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What’s Your Rhino?
In Martha Beck‘s new book, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World, she recounts her thrilling up-close experience with a protective mama rhinoceros. Martha uses the rhino as a metaphor, as she describes, “Your ‘rhinoceros’ is anything that so fulfills your life’s real purpose that if someone told you, ‘It’s right outside – but…