this is my version of metta for today, the buddhist blessing of lovingkindness. i extend it, keeping in mind how much the internet is part of my community. may i be happy, healthy, peaceful and free. may my family be happy, healthy, peaceful and free. ray, for one. may my close friends be happy, healthy,… Continue reading metta. and that includes the internet.
Month: March 2007
granny post #2: creating new connections
here is what i reported on twitter today: my daughter’s baby shower. big belly. lotza family. food everywhere!!!! and homemade wine. afterwards: canasta, hysterical laughter. but maybe i’ll expand on that a bit here? so this is granny post #2 (granny post #1 is here). am i used to this granny role yet? i’m not… Continue reading granny post #2: creating new connections
from solving problems to creating results: 5 benefits
running into patricia lambert today at our monthly SWAN meeting, i peeked at her web site, where i saw a reference to “the problem of problem solving”. i’ve been wanting to write about this for quite a while; thanks, patricia, for giving me the impetus! in the path of least resistance, robert fritz offers this… Continue reading from solving problems to creating results: 5 benefits
personal crisis management
scott davis of finding your marbles makes a great observation. he compares personal crises with crises on the job and suggests that we can apply corporate crisis management plans to our individual lives:
jungle morning: a poem
brilliant short tendrils come out of a night full of noises and dripping and busy spiders, gleaming in the first sun that yawns its way past barely open pods of rainbow orchids, preparing to meander on the ground, up a tree, through dead leaves towards a light that is just too far away. look! a… Continue reading jungle morning: a poem
after depression: what will be different?
i was just thumbing through one of my favourite books on therapy, escape from babel, and came across a set of questions asked of a person who is struggling with depression (interestingly, just as i found in my little research piece, the depression here is described as a “black cloud”): what would be different if… Continue reading after depression: what will be different?
just dance
yesterday my 10-year-old daughter, my husband and i went to just dance. just dance is a non-alcoholic dance event held three fridays a month at the russian community centre on 2114 west 4th in vancouver. what’s so cool about this event is that it is really just dance. it’s not only no booze and no… Continue reading just dance
an 18-year-old talks about international women’s day
hello, i’m isabella’s personal assistant. i’m an eighteen-year-old who has very strong views on the treatment and consideration of people in general. when isabella asked me to write something about international women’s day i was very intrigued and excited to be featured. cat’s lab tells us that celebrated on 8 march, international women’s day (IWD)… Continue reading an 18-year-old talks about international women’s day
more on online conversations: twittering with robert scoble
robert sanzalone, who is, by the way, one amazing and knowledgeable guy, especially when it comes to blogging, got me into twittering the other day. what’s twitter? it’s a neat little live chat/blogging combination and relatively new, so there’s all kinds of interesting people still on there talking to everyone. i’m really intrigued by twitter… Continue reading more on online conversations: twittering with robert scoble
letting go of resentments
to resent something means literally to feel emotions again. and again and again. and again. believe it or not – there is something seductive about this repetitiveness. it can be done quite effortlessly, it’s familiar. nothing new needs to be learned, no new perspective needs to be considered.