Tag: optimism
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See what’s possible in July, Week 4: You, Beautiful 2.0
For decades, running a mile in less than four minutes was considered impossible, beyond the physical capacity of the human body. But in 1954, Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old British medical student, proved this belief wrong by running a mile in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds on the Iffley Road track in Oxford, England in front…
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See what’s possible in July, Week 3: Strong in the broken places
I tried writing this week’s post three times. Couldn’t do it. The kitten needed spaying. My teeth needed cleaning. My closet needed organizing. And a million other things that come up when I’m supposed to be writing, and I’m just not ready. But then, I remembered a story scribbled in a notebook that I had…
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See what’s possible in July, Week 2: The law of attraction
The 2007 runaway bestseller, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne drew both fierce devotees (who thought of it as a kind of magic) and fierce detractors (who called it pseudoscience). The book’s premise is that there is a great secret available to anyone — a type of energy that attracts everything that we want if we…
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See what’s possible in July, Week 1: The Beautiful Road
Philosopher Alan Watts once told this story: Once there was a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, his neighbors came around to sympathize. “We’re so sorry your horse ran away,” they said. “That is unfortunate.” The farmer responded, “Maybe.”
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Make something beautiful in June: beautiful ground
In 1950, Detroit, Michigan was home to the biggest car companies in the world including Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors. At the time, the “Motor City” was the fourth largest city in the U.S. after New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. But as auto companies decentralized manufacturing far and wide, Detroit’s population decreased — in 2021…
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Make something beautiful in June: Week 2
What kind of creativity brings you joy? Gardening, cooking, drawing, writing? Maybe it’s baking or woodworking. There is something, beautiful someone. And you know what? Maybe it isn’t a traditional creative pursuit. Making something beautiful doesn’t necessarily mean creating art or having a unique idea. Maybe you lose yourself solving a problem at work. Or…
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Make something beautiful in June
“And since all this loveliness cannot be Heaven, I know in my heart it is June.” – Abba Woolson June comes bearing many gifts. Here in the northeast, it’s finally sunny and warm again. Roses and peonies are blooming and strawberries are ripening. We’re planning vacations and sitting poolside. Surrounded by this gorgeous bounty, I…
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“I am beautiful”
Please enjoy this excerpt from my new book, You, Beautiful: Getting gorgeous from the inside out…Coming Soon! “I am beautiful.” What would it feel like to say this to yourself — and really mean it? Most of us would feel silly or even cringe looking in the mirror and saying these words. We’d think first,…
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YES changes everything!
Please enjoy this excerpt from the opening of Yes Changes Everything! There is this amazing story about the day John Lennon and Yoko Ono met: in the Fall of 1966, Yoko was in London for an art exhibition. Already an accomplished avant-garde artist, Yoko was displaying her works at the Indica Gallery as part of…
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Let’s see what we think
Please enjoy this excerpt from the Introduction to The Becoming Journal! There’s something really wonderful about putting our thoughts on paper where we can see them. Writing slows us down and gives us time to think. Intuition and random thoughts start joining into vivid pictures until all of a sudden, we see new connections, aha’s!,…
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