Where wisdom fuels change
Posted in Internal wisdom on May 30th, 2008
~ This is the fifth in a series of posts on Creativity, Kindness, Love, Beauty, Expansiveness, Abundance, and Receptivity, which self-help author Dr. Wayne Dyer calls the Seven Faces of Intention. ~ Expansiveness The Faces of Intention show one inherent quality: they grow and flow as each one is expressed. Creativity, kindness, love, and beauty, […]
Posted in Impact the World, Meaningful Relationships on Apr 23rd, 2008
Leadership has always been a big deal to me, but I have found many people in positions of authority who are pretty clueless about it. I used to be pretty clueless about it myself. I remember my early days of trying too hard and coming across as a ramrod, of not giving enough support and […]
Posted in Change & Growth, Meaningful Relationships, Protecting our Power on Mar 26th, 2008
Another Tao Te Ching passage that has me thinking these days is number 68. This chapter is about non-striving and non-contenting, even in what are normally adversarial situations. The passage reads: A good soldier is never aggressive; A good fighter is never angry. The best way of conquering an enemy Is to win him over […]
Posted in Change & Growth, Impact the World on Mar 25th, 2008
I enjoy reading the Tao Te Ching by Lao-tsu because it is so deep you can gain new insight with each reading. Chapter Eleven of the ancient Chinese text reads: “Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub; It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within […]
Posted in Change & Growth, Internal wisdom, Meaningful Relationships, Protecting our Power on Feb 22nd, 2008
As a seeker of wisdom, I have found all those pearls of insight come in a variety of ways. Some insights are sneaky. These crafty ones like to slip up behind you and whack you on the head with a burst of sudden understanding. Waylaid by wisdom, you might say. You didn’t want it, didn’t […]