August 11th 2026 We do not value this enough We do not value this enough Seen for our value feeds our soul. Money may feed our bellies, provide shelter and choices. But nothing replaces being truly seen for the value we are, uniquely. I wonder, if we have little to no money, what comes helps most. Money. Or being seen fully for our value. Is being held by others who truly see us the power lift? I watch so many people stalk the world, their wallets bursting with more money than anyone could...
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August 10th 2026 Carbon is not the enemy Carbon is not the enemy Bucky Fuller pointed out that pollution was simply stuff out of place. Paul Hawken, author of Blessed Unrest, talks about how we have focused on making carbon the new evil. Our carbon footprint, carbon trading and the general war on carbon. But carbon is essential to human existence. We eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Carbon is not the enemy. Pollution is not the enemy. When we reframe all aspects of life and choose to...
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August 7th 2026 Truth is expensive, lies are cheap Truth is expensive, lies are cheap In a world addicted to speed, cheap and dramatic, taking the time to establish truth is slow, expensive, time-consuming, and costly. People would rather not make that investment in seeking truth. Give me the quick hit, the drama hook, the scroll. Our current world is soaked in fiction. Lies are the currency of power, backed by systems tripping over themselves with sycophancy to keep the power in power. Truth...
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Augsut 6th 2026 Beautiful Chaos Beautiful Chaos Our engineered human world, delighting in separation from the natural world, abhors chaos. We prefer order. Linearity. Predictability. Conformity. Consensus. Perfection is a mythic ideal. But life is not engineered and orderly. It is messy, and beautifully chaotic. Change and unpredictability are the operating system, the one we humans try, relentlessly, to defy. The Universe laughs, throwing us a violent storm, to remind us. Is it possible for...
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August 5th 2026 Success defined Success defined There is no definition of success without putting it into context. That context could be our age. In our twenties, what success looks and feels like may be radically different from what it looks like in our fifties. Or our circumstances, like: are we being bombed daily, or do we have access to the internet, or clean water, or have we been raised surrounded by access to excellent education, health care, people with influence? One thing that is...
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Augsut 4th 2026 A little theft A little theft When we rescue someone who needs to learn to rescue themselves, we enact a little theft. We take from them the opportunity to learn, grow and become self-reliant and responsible. The theft might make us feel good, as rescuing so often does. We might feel we have meaning and purpose. The act feeds something broken in us. Something that wants to be loved and considered kindly, a common and normal human wanting, yet more often than not sought through...
9 days ago • 1 min read
August 3rd 2026 When we give away our agency When we give away our agency For the last few months, my learn-to-surf journey has taken a downward turn. For no apparent reason. As someone with a lifetime habit of looking at all aspects of my life without separation, I have found my daily sport to be a place of profound self-awareness, awareness that can be used across the full spectrum of my day and work. To catch a wave, in conditions that change from wave to wave to day to day, is about...
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July 31st 2026 No one completes us No one completes us My first relationship lasted seven years, from age 14 to 21. I dated the equivalent of the high school jock. The cool guy. I was the nerd, buried deep into books and study and getting top scores in exams. He was the player, the party boy. I have no idea why he dated me. I never thought of it as a long-term relationship. When he proposed marriage and immediately confessed his multiple infidelities, of which I was completely unaware, I...
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July 30th 2026 Critical to life, health and happiness Critical to life, health and happiness I call it bookending. The reference to the very start and the end of every day. The actions we take to begin a day that ensure that no matter what happens during the day, we have begun well. Of course, to begin a day well is to go to bed and sleep early enough to wake rested. To have eaten a good meal, which allows a restful sleep. I have been a dedicated morning routine person to the degree that it...
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