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Tag: realize

  • The burden of necessary achievement

    “Lift the weight of necessary achievement.” When I realized I wasn’t a prodigy, I could exhale, I could join the larger world. Too often, we become burdened by the high expectations of others, as well as the unrealistic, self-imposed pressures to achieve. We find ourselves living within a closed room of our own making, walled…

  • Evolve

    “…no one comes up from the basement playing perfectly.” – David Byrne, musician, artist Mastery is a process, not an event.  It’s about day-in and day-out efforts – the practice, the honing of knowledge and skills, the trials, errors, and eventually getting it right. You have to start – somewhere, somehow – to reach that…

  • My Ocean

    I find myself presently reeling with appreciation for a friendship, connection and understanding I’ve found in an incredible soul, who recently shared a sentiment very close to that of my own, from not too long ago. “I’m so far from where I want to be it’s like I’m trying to avoid my destiny. It’s like…

  • Perception and Getting To Know Myself

    I am presently a bit obsessed with getting to know myself better. An exercise I recommend practicing regularly, since we are constantly experiencing, growing and evolving. Learning about and deepening awareness and understanding of self is imperative to growth and realizing potential. Most pressing of recent personal findings is a need to fix and heal…

  • How To Beat Embarrassment

    Embarrassment is a mental game existing because of our interpretations of societal standards. It is totally self-contrived, self-maintained, self-perpetuated. Nobody enjoys being embarrassed. So get over it. I spent an afternoon in a workshop in India with close friends and sudo-strangers. We stared at each other, then moved to our right and stared at the…

  • Cloud Tripping

    I revel in an afternoon of cloud tripping, lucid dreaming and fantastic scheming… chasing frivolity and entertaining dalliance. Consider, we’ve got clouds in our heads and dreams in our skies. Strike that– reverse it! Taking time to indulge in my heart and mind’s playful dance, fight, or tease is not an often afforded luxury; a…