Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
Annie: I’ve heard you help people with horse problems. Tom Booker: Truth is, I help horses with people problems. From The Horse Whisperer Today we begin to find useful ways to deal with our creative U-turns, how to even turn them into the great opportunities in disguise they might be. The first step of course, [...]
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Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. –David Lloyd George Last week we started exploring what Julia calls the “Creative U-Turn.” It often happens just as we are about to have a breakthrough (but of course, we don’t necessarily know this at the time). It’s [...]
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When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” – Author Unknown I just love how there is a magic of synchronicity that happens on the Web. Often, when I am focusing on a particular topic, as if by coincidence (but we know better, don’t we?), some of my favorite bloggers, [...]
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Grandmother Frier © Carol GerbingI cannot count the good people I know who to my mind would be even better if they bent their spirits to the study of their own hungers.– M.F.K. Fisher Concluding our ruminations today on how we use our age and other methods to stay blocked, it is time to reconsider [...]
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The Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to the Autumn Equinox. Like all Full Moons, it rises as the sun sets. But at the harvest time, this was especially helpful, allowing farmers to continue to work in the fields by the light of the Moon. The Full Moon is always in the sign opposite [...]
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When God closes a door, She always opens a window, but sometimes it’s hell in the hallway.– AnonymousWe are considering the ways that setbacks and “failures” may be opportunities in disguise. To the artist, whose entire viewpoint is about finding creative, out-of-the-box pathways, you would think such detours would be second nature to us.But as [...]
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Sorrow © Brenda BowenAdversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. — Arthur GoldenToday we start Chapter Eight, Recovering a Sense of Strength. I want to let you know that we are back in a [...]
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© Osho Zen TarotCreativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.– Erich Fromm The second day of each month in the Hellenic calendar is sacred to the agathos daimon, our benevolent personal guardian and companion spirit, similar to the Roman genius, ensuring good luck, health and wisdom. It is customary to pour a few [...]
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(Slightly belated, my apologies, dearest Leo!) Leos, so the tradition goes, are “on” 24 hours a day, showing off and behaving like the sexy superstars they often are. Of course, there really is more to Leo than this cartoonish version. Astrologer Jon Cainer notes that while it is true that Leos can be a bit [...]
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(sorry this is late; I was not able to dial in from the road on Monday. — B.) The Six of WandsNot the glittering weapon fights the fight,but rather the hero’s heart. — Anonymous The Six of Wands, somewhat rare in my weekly readings, is a card of triumph. The hero of the battle returns [...]
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