The danger with visionary principles and values statements is once crafted they can easily be ignored and forgotten. When I created my first set in 2011 I determined I could avoid that pitfall by printing out the list and looking at it at the start of every workday. While that did help me keep the […]
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How do I create more authentic agreement in my life? Harmony among ideas, people and actions will make things smoother. Harmony is a combination of parts or other related things that form “a consistent and orderly whole.” The idea is that this combination will produce something pleasant, appealing and positive in nature. A kind of
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Wherever you are, can you see the things that can bring you closer to the people and forces around you? Always look for the unity. I know from my own experience that whenever I separate myself from people too much, as much as I may feel comfortable doing so at first, I always end up
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To respect is to give honor to someone or something. We show that we value, or esteem, the person or thing. The object of our esteem knows that we are giving them the honor, and everyone else can see it as well. This special consideration grows based on the object’s accomplishments, seniority, position or indispensability.
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The Idea That Wouldn’t Go Away Long ago, I made a pact with myself that I needed to expand my awareness. I wanted an active part in as many experiences as possible. In 2004 I created a personal website and Beholds seemed an unusual, strong and active name. This site has had various incarnations over
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Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of someone else. Empathy: the other person’s perspective If we want to show empathy to someone else, we have to recognize that we are like them. We cannot be empathetic to someone if we don’t feel the basic bonds of humanness with them. In addition
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The silence, the quiet here has been wonderful. I find myself craving the silence, the slight cool air, The only welcome sound is of birds chirping; other sounds, such as a motorboat, household sounds, sound of a movie on television, even Fred’s conversation, make me feel uncomfortable. I need this silence, this healing meeting of
Hope is: expectation, anticipation, looking, aspiring, yearning, relying, depending, reckoning, divine. Desire combined with expectation. You expect that something you want will happen. It suggests a feeling of trust or confidence. A promising prospect that an outcome will be favorable. “Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.” Sydney Smith “There is
Friendship is: sympathy, favored, helper, patron, supporter, goodwill, intimacy, special, connection, built. Ideally, friendship should bring joy and enrichment to both parties. Friendship is the sharing of dreams, of all of life’s experiences. To a Friend, 1994 For my friend I could be my utmost self. I could travel the earth, come out of my
Love is: adoration, worship, yearning, affection, tenderness, beloved, dear, appreciation, cherished, a treasure, devotion, regard, making giant leaps. Love makes you feel connected and hyper-alive. It is caring for another person or thing actively, without regard to its emotional or physical cost. Love is endless potential, but it must be cared for and maintained
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