Waking Up ........Spring is the great reminder to wake up.  This week I have begun to hear the first birds arriving in our mountainous area…saw the first Robin -bob bob bobbin around.  It’s too early for flowers in our immediate area…but there are signs appearing that...

SPRING FORWARD Dr. Michael Beckwith uses the life of a chick to describe the process of growth and development.  The chick is very happy inside of its cozy egg…it is warm and food is readily supplied and all needs are met for the chick to continue to develop.  Over...

This Little Light of Mine ...........As we wrap up the month on Light – my old Sunday School song comes to mind.  “this little light of mine, I ‘m gonna let it shine”.  If ever we needed to shine in new ways and with fresh vigor, it might be right now.  This past week...

Luminosity.......... Merriam Webster defines luminous as enlightening, glowing in light, illustrious, shining like a star.  The photo in this blog is of luminarios which are common in New Mexico around Christmas.  Originally they were candles incased in a paper...

The Power of White Light ..............Some of you have heard this next story and for some it will be a surprise…Before coming to the Tahoe Basin, I lived in Pleasanton and worked in San Ramon.  I managed a software sales group at the time and was driving to work one...

Let There Be Light ........I am reading a fascinating book entitled Luminous Life by Dr.Jacob Israel Lieberman. Dr. Lieberman is an optometrist who began studying eyesight from a very different perspective than correcting or assisting the mechanical eye in seeing more...

Joy and More Joy............................. This is not my dog…but the expression on this dog’s face, I have seen many times on my dog’s faces.  Even though someone has thought a bow tie is a good accessory; (seriously) it has not deterred the dog one little bit. ...

Renaissance of Love I am wrapping up the series on “you are the renaissance” – and of course no innovation or celebration or new creation or transformation can occur without a birthing and deepening of love.  It may have been trivialized in the media of music…Love is...

Limitless Possibilities........ Being a Renaissance person calls for the ability to see the invisible or hear the inaudible before it appears on the scene.  Years ago I was facilitating the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People- I was trained by Dr. Covey and a large...

Dynamic Appreciation Much has been written these last years on the power of gratitude.  From gratitude journals to meditations – from Oprah to The Dalai Lama to Dr. Sanjay Gupta – the health benefits, the emotional benefits and the spiritual benefits have been listed...

Keep Open Your Heart Right where you are do this little exercise….throw your arms up and out to your sides as far as you can go as if you were hugging the universe.  Now notice how open that area feels- you can do this any time you feel contracted or closed from...

The Creative Genius that is You The flurry of painters that appeared during the Renaissance includes Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Raphael…to name a few.  It was as if floodgates of the ocean of creativity were opened and out came the Sistine Chapel, and David...