Category: Intention

  • Be Patient with Your Life

    It’s all a bit overwhelming, I would think. I pick Dorah up at her dorm at the University of San Diego, a place she has called “home” for only three weeks.  (She’s here as a Hansen Fellow for a Leadership Institute.) It’s a typically bright, sunny day.  We drive to a location not far away,…

  • Ignore the giant, step towards the beauty

    I just finished my daily wog (half walk, half jog) through the park.  On the homestretch, as I jogged past a garden springing fresh with colorful blossoms, a little girl, maybe three-years-old, stepped directly in front of me.  She was drawn to the beauty of the flowers, totally oblivious to this giant—nearly Read more […]

  • Saddle-up. Wear a hard hat. And bring the bear.

    The other day, as I emerged from my apartment building—my home-away-from-home here in San Diego—I sighed at the sight and sounds of the ongoing road construction.  The major street in front of my building has been torn up for months as subterranean waterlines are repaired and rerouted. The dust, Read more […]

  • “And I’m Glad I Did” (A three-minute read about hidden commitments—and a jump rope.)

    One day a few weeks ago, my trainer and I finished a session of boxing, and he invited me to sushi.  He’s quite savvy, and recognizes the intersection of leadership, psychology, and physical wellness—and he wanted to more formalize the consulting piece of our work together.  (I have been providing Read more […]

  • 4 things my mom has taught me about mothering

    1.  It’s extremely hard, but most of us are capable of it.  My mom has taught me that the act of mothering is perhaps THE greatest challenge—and THE greatest gift—of this human experience.  She also taught me to fully reject the social construction of the Western world that says that nurturing Read more […]

  • “Even When We Don’t Want to” (A 70-second read on pressing into courage, selflessness and forgiveness.)

    This blog post was prompted by a thought I posted on Facebook this morning: I’m considering the beauty of Maundy Thursday, Christ’s final hours in His human experience. The Last Supper, the Passover meal. Washing of the feet. Communion. “Final” thoughts and commandments (“maundy” is Latin for “commandment”). Read more […]

  • “Unexpected Ways” (An 80-second reading on what I am enjoying most about this human experience.)

    Early this morning I was seated in the lobby of one of Kampala’s oldest hotels, The Africana.  The Senior Advisor to Uganda’s First Lady had asked to meet me there.  We have been friends for many years, and I happened across one of her properties yesterday, a space that would be perfect for one Read…