MAKE EACH STONE YOUR OWN
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.” Ever since I first read this quote by Joseph Campbell it has been reverberating in my mind. I think about in terms of my own life, as one is apt to do. And more importantly, at the moment, I can’t help but… Read More
WATCH – REPAIR
My last blog was about time. Today I’d like to share some thoughts about “Watch repair”. Sounds like I’ve got a ‘tick-tock tick doesn’t it? I’m not talking about fixing something strapped to your wrist. I’m talking about correcting, adjusting, sfine-tuning the way we look at life. “Watch your mouth!” is a parental mantra. At least it was in my house. I heard it when talking back or being disrespectful to my mother. Most kids hear it when they’re… Read More
THE GIVEAWAY
There is a Native American teaching that reflects trust and gratitude in a pronounced yet simple way. It is called The GiveAway. I came to learn about this teaching when I stumbled by divine accident into this particular path to Spirit over 20 years ago, and began my journey from apprentice to Sundancer with a Shoshone-Bannock Elder many years later. This path to Spirit is often referred to as Walking the Red Road. The teaching of the GiveAway is… Read More
WHEN GRATEFUL DOESN’T WORK
Yes, of course this is a site all about Gratitude and Trust, but if we are going to be honest there are times when that duo has no choice but to be replaced by other feelings. It does not mean they don’t return. It does not mean we do not strive to make them as Paul says the “ the track our choo choo runs on.” But sometimes the train pulls into a sucky station, a stop that doesn’t… Read More
TIME
“Time was a friend. Back when I was young. And summer was forever. Time. Good was your first name. Every day a lesson. With something new to learn.” I wrote those words when I was in my early thirties. They are lyrics from a song I wrote with Roger Nichols. My life had barely begun and yet I was warbling words of wizened wisdom… sorry…singing about the years as if most of them were behind me. Why? Age ignorance. … Read More
I CHOSE NOT TO AGREE
This is our first guest blogger. It’s a very special blog on a very special day. Today is blogger Robert Levithan’s 62nd birthday. When you read his inspiring story you will understand why this day is so very special. Happy Birthday Bobby and many, many more! In 1994 my life expectancy was two years, My immune system had crashed.. I was 43 and had tested positive for HIV in 1984 (as part of a study—before the test was available to the… Read More
ROUND TUIT
TODAY TRACEY AND PAUL BLOG ON THE SAME TOPIC Six months ago my son Cole, a magnificent example of a well-tuned mind and body, observed my lumpy presence poured into too tight Levis and commented, “Dad, you’re beginning to look like a cookie jar.” I glanced at the mirror where I got a decent view of my shoes, well hidden with various other body parts under my bulging belly. Not a pretty sight. It could have been that glaring,… Read More
CALM IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS
We are all working on calming down; at least I’m assuming we are. I know I am. I’m trying to minimize those cortisol surging moments, many of which I bring on myself. It’s easy being calm in when all is smooth and serene, It’s easy being calm when the world isn’t yelling in your ear. But how about in the midst of the nerve wracking, hand ringing, sometimes almost rage inducing life scenarios? I’m not talking about the big stuff.… Read More
THE DIGITAL DILEMMA
I’m a fan of technology. My cell phone, iPad and Laptop provide me with endless opportunities to connect with the people I love, with friends and with family. I can conduct business efficiently from anywhere in the world. All these wonderful devices deliver music to the world as well. There’s some work to be done on that front but that’s another story. Thru the website, twitter accounts and Facebook pages I can reach out to a whole world… Read More
MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUR MIND
Last weekend I was reunited with my friend Peter after not seeing him for a year and a half. Peter is a fascinating man, who happens to be a masterful haircutter. Peter has been cutting my hair for many years. Peter is also deeply spiritual. In fact the reason I had not seen him was Peter took off from his successful career (he also had his own reality show) and spent the last eighteen months in an ashram in India.… Read More