Being seen
The blue heron on the creek bank in Boulder, CO, was in the shadows. He was not exactly hiding, he was positioned to get what he needed – a fish. I’ve watched a heron follow a big fish for an hour trying to decide whether he could take it and never actually attempting it. This […]
The long road up
Sometimes I ask myself why I decide to take these steep hikes. I could be sitting with my feet in the stream. Or, reading a book. Yet, I wake up in the morning and think about what hike I want to take today. When they are steep like this ridge hike, I spend a certain […]
The value of deeper connection
According to Brandon Burchard, Vistage National Speaker and author of High Performance Habits, people have 3 aspiration needs: Aliveness, Deeper Connection and Meaningful Pursuits. Since this is a holiday weekend, chances are you may see friends and family in person (IRL). You may get the chance to satisfy conscious and unconscious needs and desires without […]
Get old? No way.
For all I knew, my Grandparents were born old. They dressed formally, walked painfully and corrected me frequently. In our lifetime, healthy 70 year olds have living parents in their 90’s or older. Our current view doesn’t match the role models we grew up with. So forgive us throwing it all up in the air […]
“Thank You” Day
Thank you to all the nurturers out there, especially the Mothers. Thank you to those who saw and appreciated us for who we were, and encouraged us to keep going. Thank you to the teachers, the coaches, the scout leaders. As we got older it was our friends, our partners, our first great supervisor who […]
One smile
How does it feel to turn 98 years old? Ask my Aunt Ruth. Today is her birthday. She knew I was coming yesterday and bringing a cake to the house she has lived in since the 1950’s. My cousin LuAnne got her dressed up fancy and helped her put on some lipstick. She was sitting […]
Being a light
Do you start your day setting an intention? Something like: “Today, I will be grumpy, mean and an all around disruptor.” Or “My kids didn’t sleep, so I didn’t sleep, so you will all pay!!” Likely not. If you set an intention, it might be “May I help one person today.” Or, “may I stay […]
the climb up
I’ve been fortunate to be able to climb mountains since I was small. Exposed early to the steep Eastern Sierra trails out of Tom’s Cabin and Mammoth and the more gradual western side out of Yosemite and Mineral King, I loved the yearly summer trips. We slept on the ground or in a rustic cabin, […]
What is wealth?
As the rich get richer in ways no one imagined a decade ago, it is hard to say what is enough. And enough of what? Are vast amounts of money the ultimate prize? Or is it the power that comes from wealth? Are the wealthy and powerful making life better for anyone else? Are they […]
Make a little space for yourself
Have the holidays exhausted you? While they may be “the most wonderful time of the year”, they are also the most proscribed. Expectations, demands, year-end requirements, cookies to be made, cards to be written, gifts to be purchased or made and sent. Friends and family to see which often requires travel — which is a […]