Category: Lessons Learned

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The simplest way to live an extraordinary life, is to decide that your life is extraordinary. By choosing to experience your life this way, your life becomes as you interpret it to be. When you let go of chasing the perfect life, it becomes obvious your life has been perfect from day one. That every moment has led you to this moment. Every conversation was necessary to the development of your person and your wisdom. Every red light, every flat…

One of the principle teachings of A Course in Miracles is that you are the Light of the World. You alone can transform the world, because you created the world. And you are powerful enough to have created the world, because you are an extension of God.  Some people get really worked up when I share this perception. The ego- especially the religious ego- immediately calls blasphemy. That’s because the ego believes you are small and worthless and a sinner and…

It starts with you. When I was in college, I was obsessed with changing the world. I was a political science major, so naturally, I thought our governing bodies needed an extreme makeover. I had fallen into one of the oldest tricks in the ego’s book of lies: the answer is outside of me. If the politicians were better, our results would be different… If citizens committed to a different interpretation of civil rights, we would experience more freedom… If we…

If I had to choose one word to describe my adventure up the Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco, it would be abundance. The first obvious sign of abundance is mother nature herself. After living in Los Angeles for 4 months, I was in serious need of the elements- and I got what I asked for. The PCH runs along one of the most stunning costal shorelines in the world. Several times a year, large swells roll in creating beach…

Today I was running late for yoga. I skipped last week’s practice to sit in an office chair- something that happens more often than I like to admit. But instead of working on my birthday, I wanted to drive the Pacific Coast Highway… so I decided that I could give up yoga for a week. But after 30 hours of overtime, followed by 30 hours on the road, I was desperate. My body was crying out for down dog, pigeon…

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