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(I recently came across this letter in a file and have decided to re-publish it here. I wrote it to friends in February 2008, about my experiences not long after the death of John O’Donohue – for whom I had begun working just eight months earlier. )
As a child, I always had . . . → Read More: That Which I Can Recognize But Never Name I’m feeling something shifting in my understanding of my way of life. This morning as I woke, I had the familiar thoughts (and accompanying dread) about a clambering to-do- list, “OVERDUE†flashing relentlessly in my skull. Then, for unknown reasons, I suddenly shifted away from that story. It was a story about, “Get there. You’re . . . → Read More: Farm Life When I dance, I take steps forward, sideways, backward. I follow a rhythm. I coordinate my movements and rhythm to those of other dancers and the music surrounding me, and I love the creative experience. When I work, I make a plan for moving forward. I set a pace and resent interruptions or obstacles . . . → Read More: Dancing in Every Direction
Where Did My Willingness Go? Lately, I’ve been feeling stuck. I can’t seem to find my willingness to do the things I’ve agreed to do. My pending to-do tasks are piling up and deadlines are boiling into urgency. Something needs to shake loose soon, or I’ll be the one boiling . . . → Read More: Rejeuvenating Creative Energy and Willingness I’ve just read the article by J. Kim Wright (of CuttingEdgeLaw) about the value and importance of putting business agreements in writing. I agree with Kim that one of the most valuable things you can do is put the agreements and understandings you have into writing – in words you understand and are fully comfortable . . . → Read More: Discovering Agreement vs Negotiating Terms I’m heading out for Colorado this week.  I’ll be driving. Road trip! I love to drive across the country and am busy planning and packing. I want to be well-prepared. The hours of solitude are like a personal retreat for me. I take the roads less traveled whenever possible (in this case, Route . . . → Read More: Traveling Thoughts Pursuit of Happiness During the embattled years of law school, a friend and I clung together in our metaphorical fox-hole, confiding to one another all that was scary, going wrong, or likely to go wrong. We’d spend hours (over nachos and margueritas) pep-talking one another into persevering.  Then, one day, she and I . . . → Read More: Happiness & Possibility Workflow planners have lots of advice on time management but generally assume that you already have firm grip on your basis for setting priorities. One of my favorite time planning systems, Steven Covey’s “First Things First,†charts tasks according to quadrants: urgent-and-important; not-urgent-but-important; urgent-but-not-important; not-urgent-and-not-important. Very helpful; but, beyond the crying baby and the kitchen . . . → Read More: What Is Important? My inner nag is pointing out all the things I’ve left undone . . . and my inner resister-of-authority wonders if the ‘not doing’ is about needing a break. This is always a tricky question. I am so ready to believe that I’m a slacker who is just looking for an excuse to play hooky. . . . → Read More: Willpower and Willingness |
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