Becoming an Everyday Ordinary Peacemaker, V23, #14

Becoming an Everyday Ordinary Peacemaker, V23, #14

Becoming an Everyday Ordinary Peacemaker By Leslie Sann Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson What do you imagine it means to be an everyday ordinary peacemaker? We tend to see a peacemaker as some high-powered diplomat sent to converse with...
Empty Next, V23, #10

Empty Next, V23, #10

Empty Next By Leslie Sann There is a beautiful tension in all creation between letting go and forming, the pushing and pulling of color and sound and everything imaginable.  ~ Janet Morgan A client is about to release her child into the world for the beginning of his...
WOW Brain, V23, #09

WOW Brain, V23, #09

  WOW Brain By Leslie Sann Turn agitation to curiosity to wonder. Living in Wide Open Wonder (W O W) is the antidote to Crazy Brain. Wonder opens us to creativity. I wonder … hmmm? Through reflection and wonder, we grow in wisdom, harvesting what has gone...
Turning Worry into Wonder, V23, #07

Turning Worry into Wonder, V23, #07

Turning Worry into Wonder By Leslie Sann My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.  ~ Michel Montaigne There are many expressions representing the uselessness of worry. One is that it is a misuse of the imagination. Another is...
Dancing with Gratitude, V23, #05

Dancing with Gratitude, V23, #05

Dancing with Gratitude By Leslie Sann Pleasure is not the purpose of man’s existence. Joy is.  ~ David O. McKay Gratitude fosters joy. Joy opens the creative brain, accessing possibility. Possibility moves us to choose. Choice leads to action. Action translates...
Shedding your Skin, Blossoming Even More, V23, #01

Shedding your Skin, Blossoming Even More, V23, #01

Shedding your Skin, Blossoming Even More By Leslie Sann What if you allowed your next to come? ~ Allison Crowe This is the deal—we are more than human beings. We are also human becomings. We are designed to evolve into something next. Growing is our thing, and we like...