Curiosity is the opposite of blind faith:
it’s reconnaissant, observant, watchful, interested.
It’s gathering information through careful observation.
Care-full.
Curiosity & Vulnerability Pt.2: When is it safe to be vulnerable? Read More »
Bless the drive that compels you over the great divide. The faith by which you take the great leap. You don’t need to know how to fly. You never dive into wide open sky. You can’t see, yet, the unexpected astonishing weaving that will emerge beneath and before you, a net work of new openings
‘What is Joy? and ‘How do you Practise Joy’? I posed these questions to the CSI community and received many generous and wise responses. These are my reflections on that, as well as the role of ‘choice’ in joy, and practising joy.
Practising Joy (through the festive season of long nights) Read More »
Because curiosity requires and creates vulnerability, it requires bravery and courage. Bravery and courage are the attributes of warriors. So, to remain steadfastly curious, you need to be a warrior.
Curiosity & Vulnerability Read More »
This IGNITE Talk (5 mins, 15 secs per slide – GO!) was presented at the Web of Change Conference Sept. 2013, at Balcones Springs just outside of Austin, TX. Huge thanks to the WOCMob for welcoming this errant pitch! In response to my opening statement “I’m curious why orgs and people fiercely protect outrageous poisonous
Homeostasis, Change, Addiction & Love Read More »
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
– Ted Hughes
The only calibration that counts… Read More »
“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice.
Justice at its best is love correcting anything that stands against love.”
– MLK
Power, Love & Justice Read More »
Tragedy is unavoidable. It’s woven deep into the fabric of Life itself. Catastrophic loss, intense pain, inconsolable grieving, wounds that will probably never really heal up… these are all right in the very heart of Life and drag us down much deeper into it’s deep and inexorable, remorseless, vibration. When we try and find meaning
“The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation, and that always seems fraught with danger. But that visibility which makes us most vulnerable also is the source of our greatest strength.” – Audre Lordes
Vulnerability & Strength Read More »
We hang up our hearts but the wind blows through the strings. We hang up our bells and the wind blows and makes them ring. We hang up our hearts but the love blows and I hear them sing.
We hang up our hearts Read More »