I was asked today if I had a favorite for tomorrow’s hyperbowl and my first reaction was to resist choosing sides. I recently asked an artist about her new gallery of work and if she had any favorites. To which she replied, “They’re all different.” I’ll take that position, with odds.
My post today is a guest post on blogging at Heart@Work. When you’re there, check out this week’s wonderful collection of blog essays.
Did a day-long workshop for health care professionals on managing change. We start with an appreciative look at what helped people make it through life changes to date. The stories are always juicy with evidence that when change occurs, it is vital that we remember that we have what the journey takes.
This week’s Wiki Wednesday question: What did /do you admire most about the mentors in your life?
Emerging from two long recent conversations with friend, health care CEO mentor, Bill Lawrence, is the suggestion that a lot of what we ask of ourselves and others in organizations is expressed in two words: compassion (knowing & acting in harmony with what?s essential to another?s well being) and trustworthiness ( being dependable and honest in what I say and do).
In conversation, all beginnings are arbitrary. Author, Mary Gordon
Today was another day of lessons about assumptions the size of mountains. The deceit of assumptions is their allure, tempting us to trust in their illusive truths.
We make assumptions because we have enough experiential filters. When we free ourselves of our assumptions, we are free to know things as they are.
Part of Zen practice is being genuinely happy for other people’s gains and successes. This is easier when we realize that in our inseparable interdependence, when our world gains, we gain.
Tonight on the way home from a very long day, I find myself sitting in 10:30 pm-freeway -minus-4-with-the-wind-chill-post-blizzard-probably-an-accident-ahead traffic.
I become very aware of two paths: fight being where I am or simply surrender to it. Peace was the easier choice. Situations shape us only if we ask them to.
