I just read how someone steers a hot air balloon: they change the altitude. The winds change with altitude, therefore, if you need to move in a certain direction you either go up higher or drop down lower. Sometimes in our work, families or friendships we keep floating along hoping for something else to change
Year: 2019
It can be daunting if you’re trying to boil the ocean. However, if you walk down to the beach, dip your cup in the sea, walk back to the fire, then you can proceed to boil the ocean in a manageable way. One cup at a time. (HT to Mick Ebeling). I was listening to
It’s easy to have sympathy for the underdog. It’s really hard to empathize with the favorite after it loses to the underdog. Sympathy and empathy are not the same. Empathy always takes work, but the effort required to have empathy is correlated to the level in which the favorite is favored. This is such a
What’s something every week we can accept? Not fix. Not scheme. Not fret over or worry about. Simply accept. There’s a hidden power in the act of accepting a situation, circumstance or state of mind (or being). Let’s say there are seven arenas in one city- all made for different battles. Acceptance helps us leave
We tend to value the process of fixing problems more than the process of determining which problems to fix. In some ways it’s incredible because we have such a resilience for overcoming adversity in our jobs, relationships, families, and lives. However, it’s a much better use of resources to make sure we are working on
Certain problems need to be fixed. Others need to be accepted. Everything – seriously everything – in our own life hinges on distinguishing between the two.
Years ago I went swimming in the ocean off the East Coast of Australia just outside of the small town of Maroochydore. It was the first week in my time being there. A group of us went to the beach to swim on a Sunday late afternoon. I borrowed someone’s surfboard and paddled out only
A friend of mine spoke these valuable words the other morning while on a run. A lot of the time we don’t really see the answer to the problem we are facing. It’s not because we aren’t thinking about it, but sometimes we just can’t see everything. It’s like being on a race through the
Free Solo was released several weeks ago which documented the harrowing feat of the first free solo climb of El Capitan by climber Alex Honnold. There’s an image of him about halfway up the 3,000 foot ascent that is mind boggling to see. This image is like a “Tuesday” in our lives. It’s not because
Give before receiving. Do before ruminating. Initiate before waiting. Engage before being engaged. There are moments when we start the conversation, make the plan, reach out and connect. Then there are the moments we wait for others to do all the work for us. It’s easy to eat the meal prepared by someone else, but
