LifeText ~ Lessons Rarely Taught in School

Leaves

2008-11-23T18:52:00.000-08:00

This time of year, leaves--in all of their beauty--live up to their name.

Rather than missing the departed, the trees fully accept the temporary separation.

And we walk through the colorful evidence... of all of this.

Space

2008-10-29T06:28:00.000-07:00

The delicious gap between and among events or experiences in our lives is where the real substance of being and joy lie. The events themselves are punctuation... symbols that can help us to notice the gaps.

Uncertainty

2008-07-30T06:33:00.000-07:00

Within uncertainty lie the seeds of every Good thing to come.

Recognizing this... and that all things to come are Good--and for the highest good of the Whole and for each person--infuses uncertainty with unwavering peacefulness.

Everyday Gold

2008-04-03T16:00:00.000-07:00

In every situation and in every person we meet, there is an unduplicated nugget of enrichment; our attentiveness and undistracted presence enables us to fully notice, experience, and delight in each unique such gift that we encounter (each day).

In Motion

2008-03-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

Early this morning, I opened the blinds and looked out my window to the horizon. Here's what I saw: treetops, majestic buildings, snow-capped hills in the distance, blue patches of sky. Everything was marvelously still. Unmoving.

Except one bird.

I saw the black form of a crow, in fluid motion, swooping in a graceful arc.

The motion and energy of the bird was subtle, but powerful. It made me think: "I noticed this beautiful creature-in-motion because all else was motionless." If I had opened these blinds in the middle of a bustling, windy day, with branches swaying, people running, buses driving, and clouds whizzing across the sky, I may have never noticed this bird--or the lesson it held for me. Even if other things were moving, the grace of this bird would have been present... ready for me to notice at any time... if I simply chose to see it.

Consider this: Maybe we can stop almost all of the world in our minds whenever we want to, so that we can notice just one particular, beautiful thing in motion.

Try to notice the next time that something in motion catches your eye. Does it hold a lesson for you?

Each time we choose to do this, we become free and graceful... like the bird.

Silence

2008-03-29T00:59:00.000-07:00

In silence, everything is possible.

Inspiration

2008-03-27T10:37:00.000-07:00

When we truly tune in to the smallest details around us, we open a pathway to a personal wisdom that lies deep within us. Recognizing this truth is one seed of inspiration.

I'm alive!

2008-02-22T15:58:00.000-08:00

Hey,

The great thing about Life is: nothing is required...

... except simply noticing that we are living!

Cheers,

Steve