Reflect and Revive – Wake Up for the Holidays
It begins today. The launch of the holiday season – the mad rush to the beginning of 2012, where we fill ourselves with new life, vigor, plans for fulfilling our dreams. I like the idea of starting all of that with a day of gratitude – thankful for a year filled with life and accomplishments. [...]
How NOT to be a Muggle
The whole problem with Muggles, looking from the outside in, is that they don’t have magic. They’re stuck in a world without brushes that automatically wash pots, cars that fly, and the ability to petrify our friends in duels. In anticipation of the latest release, I’ve been watching the Harry Potter movies again. In the [...]
Seize the moment of inspiration
It hits you anywhere, often when you are relaxed. In the shower, driving, daydreaming, listening to music, right before sleep, a conversation with friends. Sometimes, it hits in the midst of brainstorming (IT IS A BRAINSTORM!), where your creative juices are already flowing, fueled by ideas flying through the air, waiting to picked like a [...]
Auspicious New Year’s moon and manifesting your dreams
Did you notice the full moon on New Year’s Eve? She seemed so crisp, white and sensual, hiding behind a thin mist of clouds. In some parts of the world, the shadow of the earth crept over her face in a soft caress. Some astrologer’s think an eclipse and a full moon is a pretty [...]
You can’t make up lost time, but you can start again today
Remember the first time you decided to lose those extra pounds? Or resolved to read more books? Or learn a language? Imagine where you would be, today, if you had started 10 years ago when you first thought of it? Here’s the thing. You can’t make up for lost time. Move past any regrets. Don’t [...]
Celebrate the New Year like you mean it
Talked to my dad on Christmas Day, a pretty standard sort of call. “What did Santa bring? What’s for dinner?” – the excited chatter of connecting with someone when the topic just doesn’t matter. “So, what are you doing for New Year’s?” he asked. “I don’t know really.” “Well, I read about a Chinese belief (at least, [...]
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