The above quote, looking just like it does here, is pinned up on the cork board in my office. I don’t usually point to it or even talk about comparison with my clients in my office but I started to realize something. After a few weeks of working one client they mentioned the…
What Would You Write About?
I am a writer. Not because I’m published, not because I have blogged for 6+ years, not because I have written in some kinds of journal since I was 9 years old. I’m a writer because I was born a writer. Because I’m passionate about it! As a writer I often end up talking to…
Forward Through the Fog
“Hey Seth! How are things in sunny California?” Rich asked on the phone. “Sunny California? We live in Mordor,” I answered, glumly looking out the window at a seemingly endless curtain of fog that hovered around our home in San Francisco. To be fair, we don’t live in Mordor (the mythical kingdom of the evil…
The RabbitStick Room
Have you ever been stripped of everything you own, separated from all you know, and driven out into the wilderness to live? Have you ever had to make the heart wrenching decision to get help and send your child to a wilderness program. Have you wanted to find a place where you could give back…
ANASAZI Foundation
There is much to be learned from the world around us—far more than we normally comprehend. The ancients knew this well—most particularly the wise teachers among them—those who, in the Navajo tongue, were called “Anasazi.” In the Native American tradition, life is a “walking.” One’s walking is determined by the state of one’s heart toward…
Don’t Give Up!
Derek Redmond was competing in the 400 sprint in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain when he tore his hamstring. Overwhelmed with pain, he fought through it an hobbled down the course, determined to finish the race he had started. What happened after that is a lesson for all with loved ones in need… The…
The Harmonica Man
A retired Scottish-born man should have died long ago. But after facing death on more than one occasion, he decided to share his secret to happiness … music. His story is a lesson for all of us: we walk forward and overcome our own obstacles by serving those around us.
Shun Fujimoto and Olympic Perseverance
“It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setbacks.” – Bob Richards Do you ever feel beset by challenges and limitations? Have you ever worked hard to achieve something, only to watch it seemingly slip through your fingers? Life often presents us with obstacles and challenges that can either send us to…