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...
Thought is Not Required, V23, #11

Thought is Not Required, V23, #11

Thought is Not Required By Leslie Sann Thought is not required, only action. Wandering the streets of Arles, FR,  we find ourselves turned around. It is hot, very hot, with record-breaking temperatures. The paper map is unclear, or the street has no signage letting us...
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...
White-It-Out, V23, #07

White-It-Out, V23, #07

White-It-Out By Leslie Sann We do not need magic to change the world; we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.  ~ J.K. Rowling Being human and all, I bet you sometimes get on the thought train to hell. Not fun. It...
Experimenting with Life, V23, #06

Experimenting with Life, V23, #06

Experimenting with Life By Leslie Sann All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.  ~ Raplh Waldo Emerson We all know life happens. It unfolds as it does rather than the way we expect. It helps to have tools in your back pocket to win in the...