2020 – Step 161: Reverence and Awe

"Only in youth does coincidence seem the same as fate.  Later, we know that the real course of our lives is decided within us; our paths may seem to diverge from our wishes in a confused and pointless way, but in the end the way always leads us to our invisible destination."  ~Stefan Zweig An …

2020 – Step 130 : Harvesting Truth

"Start where you are.  Use what you have.  Do what you can."  ~Arthur Ashe  Welcome to The Transition!  Human is risk-averse.  Habit guides decisions. Soften limitation.  Moving from "top-down-command-and-control" into "grassroots-rising-up-growth" is going to require time and effort.  Eight hundred years before Jesus walked the Earth - Bodhidharma was spreading enlightenment in Asia.  It was …

Step 335: The Wheel Turns

"Doughty - (adjective) - persistently courageous, resolute, determined." Human sometimes believes Willpower is a "moral quality"  - a measure of character.  Science says Willpower is a biological function - controlled by the Frontal Cortex of the brain.  When the Frontal Cortex runs out of energy - from low blood sugar - stress - lack of …

Step 325: Earth – to – Heaven

"Heterodox - (adjective) - contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form or an established religion: unorthodox, unconventional.  Holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines." Stop thinking like a Human.  Purpose finds Human - Human does not find Purpose.  Compassion is NOT stopping what you're doing to rush in and rescue another.  It is …

Step 308: Re-imagining The Future

"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they can do that is by not voting."  ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt It's a Quandry.  How much of a sacrifice am "I" willing to make?  No one wants to wake up and discover they have …