Posts tagged "presence"
On the road!

On the road!

We’ve been on the road four days now, and mostly have been dealing with challenges!  But we have managed about 120 km, and have met the nicest people, seen more of Quebec than we expected, gotten caught in quite a rainstorm, listened to Michelle Obama’s speech, heard the results of the Quebec election as they came in,...
Triathlon!

Triathlon!

It was a big day — satisfying, and good fun — but more than that as well.  We lucked out (as did all the many other participants and scads of organizers and volunteers involved): even though showers and thunderstorms had been predicted, not a drop of rain fell on the 30th annual UBC Triathlon-Duathlon.  It was...

The Journey IS the Destination!

Lau Tsu said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”  Well, I am about to take a step!  This Sunday I will fly to Las Vegas (never been there before, didn’t really want to go, won’t stay but overnight!), then I’ll bus up early the next morning to St. George, UT,...

Passion, Risk, and Adventure

Themes addressed in Becoming include transformation, reinventing ourselves, control and surrender. Sara Lawrence Lightfoot talks about these topics as well in her new book THE THIRD CHAPTER: PASSION, RISK, AND ADVENTURE IN THE 25 YEARS AFTER 50. “All of us at this point, to some degree, are on a search for meaningfulness, for purposefulness,” she...

Look Underfoot

“The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is ‘look underfoot.’ You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.” John Burroughs How many of us took a moment today to ‘look underfoot’ for the divine? Was it a smile, a flower, a deep breath? BECOMING: Journeying Toward...