Today I pulled this inspiration card:
and found it filled with food for thought. What I’d like to focus on now is: Continue reading “Perception, Seduction, Reality?”
Perception, Seduction, Reality?
Are you a change agent?
Do you want to have a positive and powerful impact on the world around you? Do you want to influence others? Do you want to be a “change agent”?
If you answered yes, then I hope you will ponder deeply these two quotes:
Hurt people hurt people. ~ Sarah Crawford
Read it again if you need to. People who are hurt or are hurting, often hurt others and often unintentionally.
Transformed people transform people. ~ Richard Rohr
Read that one again. If you: Continue reading “Are you a change agent?”
Listening Power … continued!
Recently, I wrote about the power of listening and suggested four steps to help you improve your own deep listening. There are two other perspectives on listening that I’d like to address here:
- being a good listener to oneself
- moving beyond the impasse of broken connection in an intimate relationship
Sometimes, in relationship with someone we care deeply about, listening stops. Continue reading “Listening Power … continued!”
Listening power …
Listening, really present, deep listening is a gift that many of us never really receive. Think about it: when was the last time that you shared with another person or group and did not experience interruptions, fixing, opinions or “I know what you should do!”?
If you’ve had the gift of being listened to deeply, what was that like? What do you notice when you are able to share who you are and what is important to you in the moment and simply be heard?
How about your listening skills? Continue reading “Listening power …”
Where are you masquerading?
Yesterday, I had a conversation with a dear friend who sees me as counter-cultural and unconventional and values these qualities in me. She feels the impact of my choices to practice powerful self-care, to honor the calling of my spiritual being, to be true to my values day in and day out. This gives her hope that it is possible to live in integrity with the unique beings that we are despite pressures from the world around us to sell our souls in service of “success” and society’s norms.
Today, I pulled an inspiration card at random: Continue reading “Where are you masquerading?”