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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.

Barbara Kingsolver



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What Makes People Mean

10 Life Changing Lessons I learned From Painting

When People Leave

Splitting the Atom

How To Change The World

We Can Rebuild You, Steve

35 Shots of Truth

Making Your WHEN Happen NOW

When Life Asks More of You Than It Has Before

Loving The God Damned Moment

My Funny Valentine

Lucid Dreaming

Pray To God But Row For Shore

My Little Fontanel



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Building a Bridge Between Here and There

They say it’s all about the journey. The sometimes maddening, confusing, frightening, interesting journey that moves you from Point A to Point B in your life.
I hope you’re wearing comfortable shoes.

August 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: being hard on yourself, change, goal setting | 3 comments

Leverage, Baby

leverage (le*vrij): a strategic advantage; the power to act effectively
If you are starting at *hard*, you are probably starting at the wrong place.

June 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: goal setting, truths | Leave a comment

The Difference Between Attempting and Succeeding

As I stand on the threshold of every new venture, especially one that makes me feels shaky, one that confirms all that I do not know, I think of walking on a frozen lake.

June 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: goal setting, overcoming fear | Leave a comment

The Year of Living Dangerously

I’m finding that I like to designate a new year *The Year of Fill InThe Blank* before I get too far into it. Sort of give it a theme, like a ride and Disneyland.

January 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: goal setting | One comment