As mindfulness becomes more popular, even “mainstream”, it is increasingly packaged up in exercise routines, in business workshops, and in overly-simple sound bites and trite exercises that can trivialize and productize for profit a simple yet incredibly profound and subtle practice that has the ability to transform your life both in terms of purpose and… Read More »
Terror In Turkey: The Bravest People I Know
I just spent two weeks visiting South Africa and Tanzania with a small group from Florida and Georgia, and working with a Turkish ex-pat community. I made new friends, learned a great deal, and came back refreshed and energized. But above all else, in those who planned and executed on our trip, I experienced compassion… Read More »
Insidious Privilege And The Tyranny Of Democracy
All of us are affected by privilege. For those with privilege – even those of us who are somewhat aware of it – it is really hard to see. But it is really obvious to its victims and those oppressed, to whom it does great harm. One of the most important, meaningful and rewarding journeys… Read More »
The Positive Economics Going Off Grid
Shortly after Beth and I moved into our new home in Clarkston, we started working on cultivating our garden. In a preliminary move which entertained the neighbors no end, we rented a trip of goats – twenty of the creatures, to be precise – which, accompanied by a Great Pyrenee to guard them, spent three… Read More »
Feeling Guilty About It? Odds Are You Shouldn’t!
Do you ever take on a task and not perform to your expectations? When you do, do you feel you’ve let not just yourself, but others down? Do you feel guilty? This kind of guilt or remorse is worth examining because the odds are it’s misplaced. And since it’s a pattern that can become habitual,… Read More »
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