How does your father see you?

My father still calls me Will or Billy, names I stopped being years ago. Our conversations always drift back to a time when I was still a boy, a child; his son. You see, it is as if my father took a mental picture - a snapshot if you will - of me as aContinue reading "How does your father see you?"

To accept or to push – what is the limit?

“If I return to Europe I’ll be bored sick straight away,” she said. “Here I am fighting for a revolution, for freedom, equality. I can die and know that I’ve lived.” Kimberley Taylor, foot soldier for YPJ, Northern Syria I am, a big believer of using challenges to engage my will power.  But as IContinue reading "To accept or to push – what is the limit?"

The Story of My Life : The Observer

An opportunity has come my way in the form of a new business venture.  I've been hired to deconstruct a long time concept and build it into something new and dynamic.  But being a start-up, we lack cash flow.  My current pay barely covers my monthly expenses.  Not an ideal situation for someone with moneyContinue reading "The Story of My Life : The Observer"

The stories of my life

It's fathers day and we are all wounded...Leonard Cohen What are the stories you believe to be the narrative of your life?  Was have these stories done for you? I have worked on this theme for some time now.  I have come to learn that often, what we think, directs our life outcomes in waysContinue reading "The stories of my life"

Today’s Thought

We are so used to seeing our grocery store and department stores filled to capacity. Anything and everything we want, there for our choosing. So what happens when we no longer have access to the "niceties" we have so grown accustomed too? Can you live smaller? What is the balance that finds an equilibrium betweenContinue reading "Today’s Thought"

Fear and loathing in the USA

  I was recently pointed to an article in the New Yorker called "Doomsday Prep for the Super Rich".  The article talks about how Silicon Valley executives and their colleagues on Wall Street have been quietly preparing for an array of potential apocalyptic events. So when the SHTF, they're bailing out! There are over 7Continue reading "Fear and loathing in the USA"

Today’s Thoughts

Transformation happens when we face that which scares us most.  A quick glance inside typically won't do.  Transformation is also about getting in contact with our desires; connecting and acknowledging that which burns inside of us. I believe humans have a huge capacity to hold emotions and desires inside a complex system of avoidance andContinue reading "Today’s Thoughts"

Diversion – two stories of trajedy and disollusionment

Read any news site today and you'll find two very different tragedies that have galvanized the world.  One for it's scope and devastation; the other for its brutality. Both stories look for answers to the unanswerable - the death of innocent lives born from an anger buried deep within the two perpetrators. It is alsoContinue reading "Diversion – two stories of trajedy and disollusionment"

A manual for living

The decision to take action comes with risk.  Some times we come out on top and other times we don't.  Since there is no "manual for living", everything we do is a grand experiment.  The question is this - can we accept the outcomes as they are? This is where our ability to reflect andContinue reading "A manual for living"