Radiance, Love, Discernment, Power, & Leadership
There is a silly movie called The Mitchels vs. The Machines. One part is about the difficulty of computers trying to recognize something that’s right in front of them. For example, the machines looked at a Pug and couldn’t decide whether it was a dog, a pig, or…
Once, there was an amazing young boy. He was smart, kind, talented, and liked to do so many different things. Then he saw this bowl with what looked like beautiful candies in it. The bowl spoke to him, inviting him to eat the sweets. Except that they were…
Getting a Tesla revealed an identity problem that I didn’t know I had. My Model 3 is probably the 8th car I’ve ever owned. While I took care of its predecessors, they were all just cars - functional machines. But with the Tesla, there’s this whole “tribe” thing…
I forever discount anything amazing that I do. If I did it, even if only after some level of struggle, then surely it was not that hard or important, or worthy of praise or acknowledgment. So I climbed Half Dome. Big deal. So I saved a life. Anybody…
Why constitute myself as group, school, or larger? Because alone, I have limited power. As group, school, or world, when I am my word, And I say something will be (is), Then I have the power to create it through the very act of speaking it - The…
For my birthday, I gave myself a ride in a sailplane with the Evergreen Soaring Club. I fly paragliders whenever I can, and it's been maybe 18 years since I was behind the yolk of a Cessna 152. But the moment I stepped foot onto the tarmac, I…
cf..: Tree and Sparrow Tweet tweet. "Hello, my sparrow. Many moons it has been since last you alighted upon my branches. I have missed you, all the while watching your travels from afar. So tell me, my dear one... who have you become since last we met?" Well…
I went to my first Yoga session today. I met a kindly gentleman up front who would be the instructor. Once in the hot room where we would practice, he suddenly transformed into a cross between Mahatma Ghandi, Richard Simmons, and Adolph Hitler. His words were soft-spoken, but…
October 14, 2000 - The day I married my very best friend.