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There wouldn’t be a much of a stretch to say I tend to see the world differently at times.  And not surprisingly, the concept of achieving balance in one’s life is one such case.

I’ve never really bought into this whole balance thing and didn’t quite know why.  The idea of continue →

Another early-morning-before-I-really-wake-up-and-think-about-it ditty running through my head as a guide through how and who.

Put yourself last and you’ll get lost doing how.

Put yourself first and you’ll be found being who.

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I think each of us can see a part of ourselves in this humanly humorous look at vulnerability and wholeheartedness.   A self-named researcher storyteller, Brene Brown takes us through her personal story to discover and put to rest vulnerability in this 2010 Ted Talk.   continue →

Our oldest cat Zoe died yesterday morning (Tuesday) an unbelievably quick two weeks after noticing something was different, and only three days after a diagnosis of liver disease.  She passed peacefully at home with both of us present.  Even in such a short time I am amazed and grateful for what she taught me in her death as much as she did her life.

As I start this I’m not sure how short, long or coherent what follows will be.  I just know I need to capture the insights I’ve had over the past two weeks and pay attention to where they may go.  These stories are somehow important to record now for reminders down the road.

Forewarned this is a long read you’re interested to know a bit of what went on.  Might be time for a hot cup of tea.  continue →

Another short but worthwhile reminder from Seth Godin.  A couple of days ago he wrote

You can’t have success unless you’re prepared to have failure.

As soon as you say, “failure is not an option,” you’ve just said, “innovation is not an option.”

But what he doesn’t say that needs to be said is  continue →

Seems the rhythm of Dr. Seuss hasn’t left my head yet.

After a wee-hours-of-the-morning ponderance of who and how I awoke to the jist of this running through my head:  continue →