Making a Difference While Making a Living

Deepening

When I opened my Facebook page Monday and read “What’s on your mind?” my response was “Deepening.” Here’s why.
The weekend of March 12th I facilitated a Working for Good workshop at Mii Amo Spa in Sedona, Arizona. The journey through the workshop was profound and catalytic, for the participants, my collaborator, and me, and its [...]

March 25, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Gestation

This is my first blog post in over ten days, after posting twice a week since April 2009, with a little break over the holidays. Interestingly (at least to me) I wrote or started a few pieces since my last post - Restoration – on February 1st.
For some reason, I decided not to post, but [...]

February 13, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Restoration

I’ve been dancing with this blog post since last Saturday, when the theme appeared to me. I recognized that the week ahead (now nearly past) called for a deep level of retreat and restoration, while maintaining full out engagement with the river of activity in my life (parenting, training, building, serving, etc.).

Adobe Creative Suite [...]

January 29, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Reflections, Working for Good  4 Comments

Ten Reasons to be Working for Good

Many of us aspire and dedicate ourselves to Working for Good – making the world a better place through our work. The essence of Working for Good is a calling, a sense of passion and purpose that stirs us to action from deep inside. It is based on the belief that what we do matters, [...]

January 8, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Development

“I don’t develop. I am.”Pablo Picasso

An oak tree takes decades to reveal its size and shape. Bamboo, even 50 foot tall varieties, can grow to full height in 9 months, but to reach full maturity (for harvesting for use as a building material, for instance) takes three to four years. Each has an inherent [...]

January 5, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

Emergence

A seed sprouts underground and sends its shoot upward. Breaking through the surface, it emergence into the open sky to continue its ascent.

Descending down the birth canal, an infant’s head peaks through her mothers labia and ultimate the rest of her follows, as she emerges from the womb into a new world.

Shared purpose [...]

December 6, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Humility

Life sure is fun and it is especially fun when we are riding high on adrenaline, optimism, confidence, etc. But, invariably, what goes up must come down. When I was in my early twenties I commuted back and forth between Austin, Texas, and New York City, and studied karate in both places. The teacher in [...]

September 28, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

Done

One of my daughter, Meryl Fé’s first words and one of the most important lessons her mother Margaret Jane taught her was “done” and, with it, the concept of boundaries.

I remember when it first began. Meryl Fé was about ten months old and beginning to eat solid food. As MJ would feed her and [...]

August 31, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments