Once upon a time we had a friend, a guy named Oscar. Like most — maybe all — of us, he had an inner critic. The problem was, he did not know that his inner critic could become an ally. Our friend struggled and stayed stuck — convinced that those ugly words the inner critic put into his head were, in fact, true. One day, somebody gave our friend a book. A very good book. An award-winning book. At first Oscar wasn’t sure why he had…
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Naming Alex ~ Trusting the Creative Process
I didn’t think much about naming when I first saw the white boxer on a pet adoption site. He was called Roo — as in Winnie-the-Pooh’s friend from the Hundred Acre Wood. While it was cute, he had quite an elaborate and layered personality — one that moved way beyond cute. Roo just did not seem to be a good fit for such a strong, muscular young pup. In addition, this dog had been born deaf. For some reason that contributed to doing more than my…
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Hey Human — Isn’t It Time to Fly Now?
Humans don’t fly, right? Sure they do. Who remembers learning how to ride a bike? Didn’t it feel like flying? All of a sudden, we were able to move at a formerly incomprehensible speed, leaving ordinarily life a dot disappearing in our wake. These days, biking is more like a cruise through nearby neighborhoods at a speed that lets me notice. And today’s ride was literally for the birds. Moving the bike from the garage was halted by the presence of a hawk on the wire.…
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