Today was my worst day in my attempts to remain conscious of being conscious. It started slow – making up for the late night working working on future case studies. It rolled along slowly until I got an email as I was walking out the door from the case study who was furious at the […]
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And he said, “Someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying.”
As I was fighting through the last of my taxes yesterday, trying to get everything together to be ready for the meeting with the accountant, I received a text that stopped me on a dime: A good friend of mine wrote me and let me know that she was undergoing testing and the doctors have […]
Conscious – Truth #4 from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
As I’ve purged continuously on here in the past year, I’ve been fighting back against my anxiety. It’s a predominant theme in my books of said blues. It’s a recurring battle. And my worst moments are the first ones of the day. Even on my best days my most difficult move of the day is […]
I Don’t Mind Things – Truth #3 from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
In reading A New Earth there were many parts that made me think. Some were incredible truths, some were semantic prattle. My favorite part of the book is of a story Tolle told about the time respected Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti, after over 50 years of teaching and traveling the world, told a crowd of […]
This, Too, Shall Pass – Truth #2 from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
I’m good at being patient because I’m so horrible at it that I have to think, consciously think about it and like a rushing wind the days go by. I’m hoping the days go by right now. There isn’t a part of my life right now that isn’t being re-built from the ground up, again. […]
My Big Sur Nightmare – What Did It Mean?
Yeah…I’m gonna have to tone down the sleeping pills. I was already at half-dose but I slept straight through my alarm and wound up with one of the more disjointed Kerouac-inspired Big Sur nightmares I’ve ever had. And it goes like this… I was on a cross-country road trip from Chicago to San Francisco with […]
Enter Zen From There – Truth #1 from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Last Fall, a Ray of Sunshine suggested I read a book titled, A New Earth, by new age spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle. She said the book changed her life and the way she looked at it and thought it might help with my anxiety. It took till I got back to Southwest Florida for the […]
The Chris Mahlmann Sessions
Last week ended up being a couple of lackluster events for the stuck-in-neutral NWiSM project. Sitting at Cornucopia Coffee Company by myself for what I was trying to pass off as a quiet lunch, I was started having reservations about putting any more effort into the project when, lo and behold, Chris Mahlmann came through the […]
Seasons of Change
If I was smarter, stronger & quicker, I’d a been able to get to Indianapolis at the end of February. As it were, a tooth, a few layers to Project 03 and a few winds blew in directions unforeseen, creating a season of change. I’m told I’m being hard on myself, but in truth I’m […]
Dan Beaver – The Goods Featuring Eric Foster
Jimmy’s is a classy throwback restaurant just off the shores of Lake Michigan in New Buffalo, Michigan. Signage with water treatments, dark wood floors and wall coverings and a refusal to stock Red Bull in order to maintain a semblance of class within the clientele, the high-end establishment is a fixture for Chicagoans who escape […]