When life comes at you hard, it’s time to shake things up. About two years ago I decided to do something I’ve always wanted to do…SkyDive. (Well…..strapped to someone who knows what they’re doing.) It was exhilarating! Fantastic! Mind-blowing! This was my controlled risk I wanted to take challenging every norm I’ve lived with...
Being able to tolerate anything is difficult because it requires us to go outside of our comfort zones and show patience and kindness to whatever it is that really irritates us. When you add the fear or anxiety factor of handling uncertainty, it makes the whole idea of “tolerating uncertainty” almost too much to...
Many will argue that their child, or an elephant, could do what Jackson Pollock did to canvas. Maybe so, but I say there was probably no one better at surrendering to an organic creative process. He let the paint be what it is and do what it does. He not only accepted how paint...
Right now with the economy the way it is, with uncertainty ahead, an election coming up, gas prices soaring, and many lives unsure of what exactly is going on, it’s easy to become risk-averse to everything in our lives. It’s time to batten down the hatches, tighten the proverbial belt, pinch some pennies, or...