Delights of the Day: Unexpected Affirmation

Delights of the Day: Unexpected Affirmation

I’ve been practicing what I call The Delight of the Day. Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and  joy within me.   I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day.  The practice encourages what psychologists call...
Creativity Cookies: Let go.

Creativity Cookies: Let go.

Welcome to Creativity Cookies, your monthly invitation to creative action! The BIG IDEA for this month, courtesy of creative sprinkle, Gary Hirsch, is One of Gary’s creative practices is letting go of judgment, control and your own agenda. (Really, you gotta watch the...
Love Wins!

Love Wins!

Kind promise: I will love in this moment. Later this afternoon, Gov. Mark Dayton will sign legislation making same-sex marriage legal in Minnesota. I cannot think any situation in which love should be limited or legislated. (Mind you, I am not speaking about sex....
Delights of the Day: Unexpected Affirmation

Delights of the Day: Release. Recommit. Return

I’ve been practicing what I call The Delight of the Day. Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and  joy within me.   I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day.  The practice encourages what psychologists...
Preemptive Love

Preemptive Love

Kind promise: I will love in this moment. Recently, I bumped into Jeremy Courtney’s work. I listened to his TEDx talk and heard his philosophy of “preemptive love.” The whole talk is worth the 18-minute listen, but it only took him two minutes to explain the phrase...
Finding the answers…softly

Finding the answers…softly

Kind promise: I will consecrate each moment. My assistive software (Dragon Naturally Speaking) insists on typing piano PNO What is it thinking? Parent’s Night Out? Public Network Operator? Property Notarization Order? Plasma-Nitrided Oxide? thefreedictionary.com...