Every interaction is a training session where you teach people how to treat youIt starts well before you give anyone the opportunity to greet youYour posture, your smile or the lack thereof, indicate at a distanceYour general mood and attitude and the likelihood of resistance Then, of course, there’s your dress and you cleanliness and …
That man in the mirror looking back todayThe hair is definitely a little more grayBut he’s still the one who has always been movedBy melodies that flow and caress and sootheFolk songs and ballads and ol’ time hymnsThis man still loves music far more than gems The man looking back has always been thereEven as …
The world could use a few more true samuraiCalm men and women who aren’t afraid to dieWho understand dying is not the end of livingAnd to die every day is the way of the giving Men and women who stay calm in the face of tribulationWho stay calm when others are overwhelmed with frustrationWho have …
Everyone admires the person with confidenceConfidence is so much flashier than ordinary competenceIt gets things done with pizzazz and panacheTaking the risks that to others seem rash Confidence has flamboyance that’s fun to observeIt has flair and style and glamour and verveConfidence confidently pushes the limitsTaking risks not considered by someone more timid And the …
Being yourself feels dangerous because, in a sense, you’re excluding yourselfYou’re basically telling the rest of the world, that you’re different from everyone elseBut as scary as it feels, you can still pull it off, without alienating your friendsWhat scares you the most though, is all the strangers, you don’t really want to offend They …
There is so much tragedy, it’s all aroundSenseless tragedy, fears aboundPreventable tragedy, people shut downLiving forests turning brown Children laugh then forget the soundGrow up to put on lifelong frownsPretenders wearing plastic crownsHomes becoming battlegrounds Isolated into warring tribesEvil is how each side describesThose who oppose their superiorityBut especially if they’re a brown minority Today …
It’s okay to admit that you really don’t knowAnd confess you are making it up as you goBecause you know that’s exactly what everyone is doingNo matter what they have planned, or what goal they’re pursuingBecause so much can happen that no one can foreseeSometimes it’s just one thing, sometimes more than threeSo you have …
Let me tell you a little about yes and noTheir power is your intent, whether you want to goWhat you want to limit, what you want to enhanceAre You leading you as you step through the dance Some people maintain, every yes you sayIs a decision that leads you further awayFrom the things in your …
Do you feel like your life is not moving forward?Are you stuck in cool territory and not getting warmer?Do obstacles seem to spring up on the left and the right?Does no one understand your creative plight? Is your project sitting there gathering dustIs your masterpiece as stale as leftover crustIs your novel stalled on about …
Magic is what creative people doThey make something from nothing, something brand newOne person’s magic can’t be shared by anotherNot even someone close like a sister or brotherIt’s intensely personal and you know when you’ve got itYou’ve got something special, even something exotic Magic is loose and experimentalMagic is curious and isn’t judgmentalMagic is simple …