So recently I got done with a month of strange stuff that included a journey outside this normal realm of time and place and people and energy. I usually knew if I was inside or inside where the rest of folks typically live, but I didn’t really know how to get back very often. It . . . → Read More: A month of wierdness summarized
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One of the best tools for someone that is serious about the sport is a Judo journal. This is a notebook where you can keep track of goals, training schedules, new moves learned, thoughts about Judo, and debrief about the things that get in the way of Judo. (This is an update of an article . . . → Read More: Why to keep a judo journal This winter I had to ask a lot of friends for help through a round of figuring out what I wanted to do when I grew up. It was, a fight, I guess, to surrender my love, my talents, my business, my creativity to the will of God. It was amazing how much energy it . . . → Read More: The Pitbull Poem and the Fog Poem Sunday was our first anniversary, the day Rod and I got married. He kept saying we shouldn’t have gotten married on Mother’s Day, but I guess it only overlaps every few years. Every year he puts together a family calendar with a collection of the best photos off his blog. He actually does a much . . . → Read More: Happy Anniversary to Rod and Me One time I was talking to an mental health advocate friend who was caught up in a very nasty fight with the local mental health system. I told her, “You know the old saying about ‘sometimes you can win the battle but lose the war?’ Do you know which one you are fighting?” And how . . . → Read More: Bike parking wars I saw an article on a blog about spirituality about how “bipolar illness” can be a blessing. I would think so, too, if I believed that emotional distress was actually a permanent illness. However, I don’t. I’ve explained that many times in the disease vs. distress discussions at my business blog. Of the 55 comments . . . → Read More: My new business mission statement I just started reading the manual for Peter Block, the guy whose conference I’m attending Saturday. It says that we don’t need to look at things as problems at all, just for our own opportunities for commitment and accountability. He defines commitment as being willing to take actions without remuneration and accountability is being willing . . . → Read More: Floating and false idols There was a point a few months ago when I started ranting about artists and money management: I do not understand people who can’t handle money, who live paycheck to paycheck. How hard is it to spend less than you make, to save, to separate wants from needs? To invest in quality stuff instead of . . . → Read More: A conversation about artists and money management Max is my dog that I’ve had for 13 years ever since he was a puppy. When I was in the depths of the mental health system, he was the one thing I still connected to. My stepdad knew he was so important to me that he picked Max up in Kansas City and drove . . . → Read More: When Max got mauled by a bulldog This is one of the first versions of my recovery story. I also have poem by this same name that is the same story told on poetic form. I’d love to hear which one works better for you. This is one of my first spoken work poems that I memorized. This video was recorded in . . . → Read More: Taking Back the Dreams – the Poem This is one of the poems about my spiritual emergency that I’m starting now to generate: A Gift Not to Fear Conflict If I was a warrior healer poet entrepreneur and visionary, I’d forsee how we can build a way in the world where it’s safe to be Different. Ask questions, verify all the directions. . . . → Read More: A Gift Not to Fear Conflict |
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