Category: Openness

The weath­er here is (final­ly) good enough for a touch of Spring Fever, and so I am remind­ed of child­hood. My old­er broth­er and I grew up on twelve acres of land, half forest­ed, half in fields and orchard. At this time of the year he and I would spend much of our time in… Con­tin­ue read­ing Spring Fever

In the tra­di­tion of the Japan­ese Tea Cer­e­mo­ny, an azu­maya is a wait­ing room or arbor, where a per­son may qui­et­ly con­tem­plate and enjoy a view of the sur­round­ing gar­den before enter­ing the cer­e­mo­ny. Tra­di­tion­al­ly, an azu­maya is an open affair, no walls, in order to let in the light and breezes and sur­round­ing ener­gy. … Con­tin­ue read­ing Azu­maya

A per­son may be said to be “sol­id at the core” if he or she is able to endure stress, chal­lenges, shocks, even fail­ure, with­out being demol­ished. Dif­fi­cult events pen­e­trate, per­haps even wound, but they are also inevitably a source of growth and per­ma­nent learn­ing. Some­one with core strength steps into pow­er grace­ful­ly, with a… Con­tin­ue read­ing Sol­id at the Core