Stories We Tell
The stories we tell…thereby by hangs a tale! 🙂 So many learnings, so many contexts, so many teachings come to mind when I think about “the stories we tell”. The inspiration for this post was a talk by Kurt Vonnegut, about the Shape of Stories. Listening to Kurt, whom I find mildly curmudgeonly, but also warmly avuncular...
What’s in a Word?
What’s in a word? I LOVE words… have done for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I apparently memorized poems, songs… learned ‘em at kindergarten, or from the nanny next door, and would come home and recite them with great gusto to my parents. (I don’t actually remember this, but...
Feel the Support
Feel the support? What, when, where, how? I have just been elected to our building’s Board of Directors…it’s been a bit of a communication jungle on the Board for the last while, and to tackle/survive/thrive in the job I want and need to feel the support. Oh, and there have been several challenges...
The Familiar Thoroughly Seen
Focussing on “the Familiar Thoroughly Seen” used to be off-putting to me. Some background: on the Enneagram I identify with the # 7. This type, as I’ve alluded to before, craves new experiences, tends to dart quickly, often quite hectically, from one project to another, is a “grass is always greener over there” kind of person. So...
Famous: Not What I Thought
Famous: Not what I thought… Here’s the context. There are several personal crises in my life right now. We are all doing reasonably well…I am, we are, holding the larger focus, and being in the moment, taking pleasure and joy in ordinary things, breathing deeply…you know the drills. Oh, and humour. We try to watch...
