We’re eating chocolate cones outside an ice cream parlor at dusk. Me: “So, pookie, what’s it like being alive? The Kid (without missing a beat): “Oh mama! It’s AAA-MAZ-ing! If I were a telephone, I’d be ringin’ all the time!
For clarity of purpose
what’s the best change you made to the place you live?
I’m habitual Purger of Stuff. Can’t stand clutter. Nic nacs give me hives.
best moment of peace for 2009
An hour or a day or a week of solitude. What was the quality of your breath? The state of your mind? How did you get there?
best of 2009: meet ups, workshops, and blog pow
The highlight of the evening had to do a very animated conversation about clits and literature. Not in that order.
best book of 2009: the unfolding now
So simple and nourishing. It is a book of rare transmission that sparks one’s deeply innate desire to be real.
best article of 2009?
A Buddhist in Brooklyn on opening your heart and minding your manners.
What was your best trip in 2009?
Howling to the coyotes from the hot tub. New cowboy boots. Stars dangling low from the sky.
The ridiculous pursuit of being well-rounded
Multi-disciplinary, general studies, political correctness, easy to get along with, in moderation, “nice”… these are all ways that we polish off our edges to be socially acceptable and useful–even though it’s your edges that give you traction and make you interesting. Your “edge”–where the genuine You meets external reality, is where your strengths are. Being well-rounded is highly over-rated…
i’m loving: gwen bell, kelly diels, innocence
It is easy to understand how you would come to the conclusion that your path to feeling good is through influencing or controlling the behavior of others. But…
i’m loving: bruce mau, gretchen rubin, kira zmuda, charity: water
His mind is like a kaleidoscope of solutions and problems and questions.
stifled sensations
As hard-wired achievement-bots, many of us subscribe to systems of success that actually become blockages to our instincts. Structures, programs, regimes, all disciplines and theories should be used to support your freedom and independent thinking, but many serve to stifle our truth…
i’m loving: chris guillebeau, patti digh, david robinson
If I’d paid $500 bucks for that phone call, I would have got my money’s worth in the first five minutes.
ignore everybody, by hugh macleod
Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle. That is being human.
for rage-babes, flakes and tyrants: get over it
“So… what changed?” I asked her. “You two were barely speaking at one point.” “We just decided to get over it,” she shrugged. “You know, just let it go. So we did.”
muhammad ali + me + lance armstrong + seth godin = holy smokes
Georgia O’Keefe’s austerity is divine. I also happen to like Geishas, monks and a lot of what Donna Karan does that is NOT black.
the power of being positively doubtful
Before almost every stage gig I have a mini moment of doubt and think to myself, “I really hope I can be of some use here,” Or, “If this crowd doesn’t laugh in the first three minutes, I’m cooked.”
take breaks for beauty, intervals of gorgeousness
Even if I’m writing fluidly or fire starting with a fellow entrepreneur, I crave little bits of beauty like I crave milk chocolate at about 3:00pm everyday.
i’m loving: eggs + authenticity
There are many who see honesty as a noble goal within business or personal relationships. Though I think honesty captures the passive and reactive components to the open exchange of ideas, authenticity extends the responsibility to be a proactive representation of your true self. Where honesty has an on/off switch, the ethical center of authenticity requires it to be always on.
Beauty: The Invisible Embrace, John O’Donohue
I sigh when I read this book. About every three paragraphs I close my eyes and shake my head in awe, as if to say to the gods of philosophy and poetry, Thank you for this man! This is a diamond blessing of a book that has become one of my favourite gifts to give.
i’m loving mondays: birthdays + sean penn
I’m loving whomever on the Academy Awards production team came up with the brilliant idea to have five previous best actress/actor Oscar winners introduce the five nominees in the same categories. Sophia Loren paying homage to Meryl Streep; Robert DeNiro admiring Sean Penn…
i’m loving mondays: creativity prompts
Try these: How would you solve this problem if you were raised by wolves? Double-dare yourself. Express the issue as a mathematical equation.
i’m loving mondays: the boss and deep trust
“The fire I feel in myself, it’s a very enjoyable thing. It carries an element of desperateness. It also carries an element of thankfulness.” The Boss took the words right out of my mouth. Purrrr.
3 questions for success
I wrote an article Startup Princess that divulged my three top secret, highly complex and sophisticated questions for entrepreneuring. Can you handle ’em? Here goes…
i’m loving mondays: ego to uggs
I write mo’ better when I’m warm and cozy. I love my Uggs more everyday {tho’ let it be known, I do not think that Uggs should ever be worn in public.}
What are you loving right now?
i’m loving mondays…twitter and truth
Being clear on how I contribute to the Twitter community: provocative inquiry (lil’ white hot truth Q’s.) No ‘what I’m having for lunch’ or ‘hey everyone, I’m signing off for bed now’ commentary.
your 5 creative things for the year
I’d love to paint this year, on large canvasses. I’d also like to build a tree house. And re-pierce my nose. And design a line of post cards. And throw a summer party with a local Mexican trio playing.
