"The miracle of we*” is one of the most beautifully descriptive phrases I know. Life is relationships enabled by awareness. "We" is a relationship of the highest level, the "black belt" of awareness. There is nothing to stop us from a life filled with "We." Yet, too often, it's in short supply! Perhaps if we …
Awareness Part 6, Radiance:
The former minister at our neighborhood church was gifted in an unusual way. He didn’t “preach”. He didn’t need to. His presence alone brought joy to people’s lives. Everyone felt it. I never got to know him on a personal basis, but just to shake hands with him made me feel better. I used to …
Awareness Part 5, Resonance
Remember the Beach Boys song “Good Vibrations”? That song is about connections. “I’m pickin' up good vibrationsShe's giving me the excitations” Resonance happens when a connection is made. There are millions of things going on around us all the time. We resonate with some and are “blind” to others. What determines which is which? My …
Awareness Part 4, Presence
Let’s try something. If you will, take a breath in, then release it. What did you notice in the space between the breath in and its release? Probably nothing, right? That simple exercise is a metaphor for life. The future slips so quickly into the past, we fail to notice the present moment! “Life is …
Awareness Part 3, Flow:
I often find myself watching other people. One of the things I’ve noticed is people who have hobbies and outside interests seem happier than those who don’t. I wondered why, so I decided to look into it. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, an early pioneer in the study of happiness, provides a possible explanation in his 1990 book, …
Awareness: Part 2, Ego
The essence of who we are is deeper than our body or even our thoughts. Something inside us is aware of these! Peeling back the onion as far as one can, we find that our deepest essence is that awareness. It is most commonly experienced as the voice in our head that looks outward …
Awareness: Part 1
I have a confession… I am quick tempered and it doesn’t take much to set me off. It’s a terrible personal trait that I’ve worked my entire life to moderate. Some friends don’t know this about me, which says I’ve been partially successful. That hasn’t always been the case. Luckily caring bosses provided the opportunity …
Inside-Out
Getting older isn’t anything like I thought it would be. Everyone says it’s inevitable, maybe so, but on the inside, I don’t feel any different than I did when I was twenty-five. My physical body of course is a different matter. I used to be a runner, now I go for walks. But fortunately, the …
Clear Mind, Open Heart
How would you define a clear mind? Our company CEO had a photographic memory and it was pretty intimidating. I made a presentation to him one day and he interrupted me: “Wait a minute Tim, six months ago, on slide 24 you indicated……”. Wait? What? I had no idea what was on slide 24! His …
This I Believe
“This I Believe” was originally a 1950’s radio talk show hosted by Edward R. Murrow. At the time, Americans would gather around the radio to hear essays written by famous people like Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, and Helen Keller as well as those from everyday people relating the core values that guided their lives. NPR …
Towards A Life Well-Lived 