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Consider Water

As a young woman, I read a poem that stuck with me over the years, even though I only remembered the title and the ideas it presented. Recently, I ran across it again. It was tucked away in a scrapbook in which I had collected my favorite writings. I have been struggling with how to [...]

Perception Is Fluid

What Difference Will It Make Anyway?

I was feeling very uninspired and depressed, and gazing out my window, I asked myself, “What difference will it make.” What I was really asking was, “Why bother, no one cares, and it won’t make any difference if I do it or not anyway.” I was only 16. That is the first time I remember [...]

Are You With The Amazing Grace?

Huffing and puffing, I made it to the top of the stairs that climbed the very steep hill in Los Angeles. I thought walking the stairs would be a piece of cake, because when I had lived in downtown LA, I would run those steps every Sunday morning. It turns out that fourteen years of [...]

Who Walks With You, On Your Yellow Brick Road

What’s that noise,” I asked Del. It was a low hum I hadn’t heard before. It sounded as if it was coming from the basement. We conjectured up a few possibilities, but none seemed right. We sat quietly, drinking our morning beverages, thinking and listening. Finally, Del asked, “Is it the fan?” We always have [...]

The Same, And Yet Not

We live near the groundhog, or woodchuck, called Punxsutawney Phil. Once a year, he lets us all know if there will be six more weeks of winter. This event, known as Groundhog Day, always reminds me of the movie of the same name. In the movie, Phil Connors, an arrogant and egocentric weatherman who, during [...]

Unassign Yourself, And Be Free

I had to call customer service anyway, so when I got a pleasant service person, I asked the question that had been bugging me for many moons. I had noticed that there were folders in my web hosting account that I no longer needed. In fact, in some cases, I didn’t even own those website [...]

Delete Old Versions Of Yourself

I wanted a new lighter, simpler look for my website so I installed the updated version of the theme that I use. While doing so, I noticed all the past versions of that theme, and other themes that I hadn’t used for years, just waiting for me to reactivate them and use them again. Why [...]

Your Childhood Book

During a coaching call a few months ago, a client mentioned her can-do attitude. She said she often felt like the little engine that could, saying to herself “I think I can, I think I can.” It reminded me of a talk I had heard many years before at one of our Inside Edge meetings [...]

Join The Legend Of Angels For All-Good

When we hear devastating news, we respond with sorrow, compassion, and helpful action – all symbols, and practical applications – of All-Good. However, when we react with terror, fear, retaliation, and revenge, then we have left All-Good. We have entered the territory claimed by evil, and we are doing its bidding. As hard as it [...]