In light of the recent attacks at the Boston Marathon, I feel the need to share my feelings as both an American and as a member of the human race. I got the news about the bombings shortly after it was first reported. As soon as I saw the email notification labeled “Breaking News,” my…
Author: Steve James
Sacred Space
Ever since our human ancestors wandered as nomads, human beings have had attachments to certain places. We could look at essentially every culture and find some place that is different from the rest. For some it was the natural beauty that inspired them (think Grand Canyon). For others it was places that they had built (from Mayan…
Circles
Author Marlo Morgan’s “Mutant Message” novel series is based on accounts of time spent with the Aboriginal Australian people. Theirs is a culture strongly based on harmony, not only with nature (these people can survive in some of the world’s harshest climates while never storing or gathering food for longer than a few days), but…
Be Excellent To Each Other
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle Most people are probably familiar with this quote from Aristotle, the renowned philosopher of Ancient Greece. He is known for his teachings, which have influenced all of Western culture ever since circa 300 BC. The substance of this…
Don't Sweat The BIG Stuff: Of Disneyland and Mosaics
I just returned from a 5 day trip to sunny Anaheim California to visit Disneyland. With a star-struck 2 year old, a heat struck daddy (yours truly), sick 9 month old (he slept the whole time), a first timer mommy, and grandma The Disney Tour Master (seriously, she should be getting paid); we all hit…
Push the Limits
I recently had the chance to watch a documentary about a man named Ayrton Senna. He was a legendary Indy car racer from Brazil whose personality and charisma inspired a whole nation through his racing. Being Brazilian, he was often faced with political opposition within the racing community (most drivers were European and that’s where…
Keep Moving Forward – A Life Lesson from Sly
First off, I owe credit on this video to a lot of people: Seth Adam Smith for showing me this video, the music credits go to Petri Alanko with Alan Wake, and the idea was from a comment on the the video which is no longer there (you know who you are). The reason I share…
The Perseverance of Change
“Nothing endures but change” – Herclitus It could be said that we live in an age of change. One simply has to look at technology in recent years and the change will be evident. When I was growing up we marveled at things like: cordless phones, Nintendo and VCRs. We came from the day when…