by Dawn | Feb 28, 2013 | leadership, martial arts, motivation, self-improvement, simplicity, spirituality, sports, wellness, Zen
When you pray for patience bad things happen. Never pray for patience. Bad things happen when you do. Bad things do not happen because you are praying for patience, they happen because if you want patience, you need to practice patience. You can only practice...
by Dawn | Feb 27, 2013 | education reform, family, martial arts, satire, self-improvement, spirituality, Teaching, wellness
“Don’t you ever sleep?” I asked my friend, Heather. She is always awake. Pretty much every minute. I can verify this because I wake up at about 4AM to write for a couple hours. She is there. I see her posts after I go to sleep at my somewhat...
by Dawn | Feb 25, 2013 | education reform, gratitude, leadership, motivation, nature, self-improvement, simplicity, spirituality, Teaching
Driving down the road, I see a flock of birds in the sky. A flock of about 150 birds. So many birds, it’s like a giant cloud, except there is so much more grace and beauty. They sail on the wind–all flying together. Changing directions, zigzagging. In...
by Dawn | Feb 23, 2013 | self-improvement, spirituality, wellness
Excerpt from a conversation with a friend: You’re right–how much more we’ll do for anyone else but not ourselves. That is the essence of the truth. Have you identified your demons? Really called them out by name? I know mine. I still have to...
by Dawn | Feb 22, 2013 | family, organization, parenting, self-improvement, simplicity, spirituality
We are making paper airplanes, Declan and I. Listen to the sound of crumpling and fits. “I CAN’T DO THIS!!!” “Sure you can. Let me show you….you just crease it right here…” Two seconds of effort. Crumple. Toss, Yell....
by Dawn | Feb 17, 2013 | gratitude, self-improvement, simplicity, spirituality, writing
Geoff Talbot’s blog, Seven Sentences , was the first thing I read today. His goal–inspiring the world daily in just seven sentences. Brilliant. I am the opposite of “seven sentences.” I’m “seven million sentences.” I look...
