Show up. Do the work. Don't worry about the outcome. Love the process. Connect with others. … [Read more...]
Tension
There's a certain tension between comfort and fear. It's there for a reason. After all, some of the online success profits are identifying a fear and then using that to get you to buy something that they are selling. They are selling the idea of freedom, or at least, opening with those cards. Is it fear that is holding everyone back? Or is it the difference between the slow and steady … [Read more...]
Sound
Missing the slap and pound of waves at night. The hiss of the wind through the palm fronds. The morning bird song. And the call of the gecko hunting in the night. … [Read more...]
Chaos
One of my favorite quotations is "Chaos is the law of nature; order, the dream of man," by Henry Adams. As much as we try to hold things together, chaos will come in to claim its territory. This American Dream is descending into chaos. Maybe it was destined to, a false promise made to appease, to make us buy into wage slavery and complicity with an unjust system, a state predicated on … [Read more...]
Local Life
Imagining slipping into another place is deceptive. Visiting is the easy thing. Swaying palm trees, the roll and pound of the surf, the beckoning song of the birds. But after that you begin thinking. Work, traffic, bills. Too many tourists. Graffiti. "Tip your slaves." "Welcome to plastic Maui." Still more rainbows here than at home, but at a certain point are they seen in black … [Read more...]
Patterns and Efficiency
We need patterns. They allow us to make sense of chaos. They allow us to create pathways. By recognizing patterns we find efficiency. But a pattern can become a prison. A pattern created around an injury becomes a limp or a frozen shoulder or tight neck. A pattern to find ease in living works for a while until we fixate on the pattern not realizing that the initial gains are gone … [Read more...]
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