“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” Good question, Matthew(7:3). This is a question I have often asked, especially when I find myself in workplace environments. Well, not in exactly those words. Though I do ask what benefit it serves to […]
While the holidays are meant to be a time of joy, of love, of peace, it can be anything but that. So how do you survive the holidays still in-tact? Try these 5 sure ways to destress. “The holidays are only holy if we make them so.” —Marianne Williamson While the holidays are meant to […]
Bahagia. “I feel happy today” in Indonesian. “Me too” when I am in Bali. The happiest place on earth is not where the three-fingered mouse wearing bright red shorts lives, well not for me. Instead, it is the Indonesian island floating between the Indian Ocean and the Bali Sea. Ah, modern Eden, that it is… I travel […]
Buen Camino! We must be walking along the Camino de Santiago in Spain! Literally, this greeting means good road, physically and spiritually. Increasingly, people from around the globe are making this journey, walking in the same footsteps as travelers during the Middle Ages. More and more we are not only getting out of our comfort […]
So, we have all heard of God’s Ten Commandments. These are God’s non-negotiables on how one should live and conduct their lives. Though have you ever considered a personal addition of your ten commandments? What are your non-negotiables, your deal-breakers? What will cause you to walk away from the table with no further discussion? You […]
Hun-un-ney-duh, Hun-un-ney-duh, Hun-un-ney-duh. Eee-yeow-wah! These are the phonetic sounds I hear as I watch a line form of Maasai Warriors, ages seventeen to twenty-five, all brightly robed, mostly in red. The Maasai is one of the world’s last great warrior cultures. Hun-un-ney-duh, Hun-un-ney-duh, Hun-un-ney-duh. Eee-yeow-wah! More sounds explode from the Warriors. Now, the line leader […]
Tired of making a new year’s resolution that you don’t keep? Yeah, me too. Though, the years when I have skipped making one, I felt anchorless. Having a resolution gives me a rudder and sets a course for the coming 365 days. So, I started thinking, Maybe I am approaching this whole resolution thing wrong, and […]