Tag: Being Present

  • Kaleidoscope Listening

    Kaleidoscope Listening

    Like most of us, there are many aspects of myself that I remain blind to or incredibly uneasy to claim. But there is one persistent quality that is pure, innocent and stubbornly convicted. I am determined to see the goodness in everyone I meet. To be clear, this has not always served me well. In…

  • Lost…in Translation

    Lost…in Translation

    Today, I am not at all embarrassed to say, I am an incredibly inexperienced drinker. My parents’ reprisal carried enough “risk” that I chose to bypass the years when I was young and naïve enough to experiment and make ill-advised decisions with intoxicants. Sure, I engaged in the social initiation of my 21st birthday and…

  • The Myth of Certainty

    The Myth of Certainty

    What is your relationship with uncertainty? Like a well-orchestrated square dance, uncertainty weaves the ring of our life with its favorite dance partner, discomfort. Some days, we are called to turn our back on it and “do- si- do.” Other days, we take hold of it and proudly “promenade.” Yet other days, we are invited…