Tag: Life

  • Nature’s Wisdom – Can Man and Woman Humbly Learn?

    Wonderland Originally uploaded by Hans Vink They walked and came to a place where grew a tamarisk tree, and about the tamarisk entwined a vine holding many bunches of grapes. The old maidservant said, “Behold this tree, of what value would it be were it not for the vine? Would it have any value except…

  • Mind Emotional Human Potential: Sink or Grow Rich

    The Secret, The Power of Intention, Think and Grow Rich, and a myriad of other top-selling spiritually-minded self-help books send off a vibe that life is easy. Well, they don’t say it directly, however, as an audience we hear all the promises for potential and miss a good number of the steps necessary to get…

  • So What? Turn around and go this way

    One way or the other, life goes on, and so do we. And if we don’t? So what! 🙂 Children are wonderful sources of love, life, laughter, joy, and so much more, including inspiration. They’re also a pretty good example of “So What?” One path is closed, take the other. Remember how much of an…

  • Harvesting For the Long Haul | Sales, Service 101

    Business trends have always swung extreme-to-extreme in conduct, behaviour, and strategy (or tragedy). Human Capital is always the bottom-line for every transaction and reason for being. Losing sight of this creates all sorts of havoc in social spheres and financial spheres. Examples of short-term thinking losing sight of the long-term impact. A quick buck is…

  • Life | A steep climb

    Life can feel like such a steep climb some times. After spending a day with an intriguing personality, I quickly found myself disappointed as they departed taking my change of heart as a personal slight. This over-the-top reaction caused me to ponder the fictional stories I create in my own mind over the actions and…

  • Tama Kieves | Tama’s Musings | Love Letter from Divine

    Tama J. Kieves is a kindred spirit in the world of coaching. I often enjoy reading her email newsletters and this one received today is one of those rare beauties that I’m delighted to share with my readers. Tama’s Musings reprinted with permission. (Note: This was supposed to go out on Valentine’s Day, but we…

  • Anger is Love Articulating Boundaries

    A common human / spiritual / Life commonality, recognized in the spiritual/religious life, is to have respect for all life. Every day, the bad habits gained through life’s learning cause human beings to intentionally cross that line multiple times throughout a day. Someone who experiences this the violation of respect triggers anger, the negative manifestation…

  • The Art in Being | Empowered Life and Relationships

    An Artist has a gift for seeing the common everyday normal events, places, and people as something far more revealing in its’ complexity and simple beauty. For some it is in the drawing and painting, for others it is in the molding and shaping, and so on. The landscape that fascinates me and comes to…

  • Gratitude Excites Life | Feeling and Creating Success in Difficult Times

    From the archives August 28, 2006 Getting excited about life can sometimes seem elusive when we’re dealing with many challenges and the associated stress. We always want to experience the best that life has to offer. At times, this preference may have us trying to avoid the challenges life throws our way. Regardless of my…

  • Insights & Skills Enable Social Media Development

    My occupation as a coach has been an up and down struggle as other life circumstances dictated many lessons. This has been instrumental in exploring the inner experiences, thoughts, and emotions, and relating that in words unique to my experiences or insights. I do so in the best way that I can at that moment,…