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Jun 20

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Look Ridiculous, Daily

“Dreams ask for commitment. They require a running leap. They require patient waiting.”
― Christie Purifoy, Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace

“The next time
you refuse to sing
because you’ll never
fill a stadium
or decline the joy of dance
for fear of looking
ridiculous
or you resist risking
the new adventure
because you’re
not entirely ready or
you dim your shine
because you’re not
completely healed and whole

the next time
you hold yourself suspect
because you’re not
entirely qualified

just remember

a bird doesn’t sing
because it’s talented
a bird sings because
it has a song

the moon doesn’t only shine
when it’s whole
it can show up with
a single sliver of itself
and still light an entire
night sky

show up. sing. shine.
the world needs you
as you are.” – Daniell Koepke

Anyone who has seen me dance knows I can bust a move.
And look ridiculous too.
Therein lies the joy.
Uninhibited. Fun. Delight.
Do not underestimate the power of joy, awe and wonder to flip your perspective upside down and sideways.
Dance. Sing. Big open heart.
No permission slip required.
Be yourself.
The only one that can fill the job of you.
Bright, beautiful, ever-blooming you!

Mar 20

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All That Returns

“That our lives are not defined by what we’ve lost but by all that returns, fresh and new.”― Christie Purifoy, Roots and Sky: A Journey Home in Four Seasons

“We must plant our dreams in real earth. We must dirty our hands. It’s the only way. Whether we dream of planting flower gardens or churches, every dream needs a place in which to take root and grow. Every dream needs a home.”― Christie Purifoy, Roots and Sky: A Journey Home in Four Seasons

Wherever you are today.
Whatever path you are on.
Pull over.
Rest stop.
Pause. Gaze. Imagine.
Longer than you think you should.
Then merge back in.
Carry on with a newness grounded in gratitude, imperfection, ease.
Do the work, followed by rest, reflection.
Farther than you think.
Not there yet.
Keep growing.
And dreaming.
Delight too.

“When we pause, we don’t know what will happen next. But by disrupting our habitual behaviors, we open to the possibility of new and creative ways of responding to our wants and fears.”― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

Jan 29

Radical Silliness

“You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.” – Alan Cohen

“You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.” – Alan Cohen

“Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written, or you didn’t go swimming in those warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid?

It’s going to break your heart.

Don’t let this happen.” – Anne Lamott

Take a break from your rules and requirements.
No permission slips.
Let go of mindsets and stories that say you can’t do it or even try it.
Try and fail and do it again.
Fun is a worthy pursuit that compounds joy.
Explore, iterate, slap paint on the canvas.
Never will we regret having too much fun.
We can’t carry everything.
Hold what is necessary and put the rest down.
Imperfect and beautiful.
Dreaming and loitering in delight required daily curriculum.
Fly a kite. Skip rope. Dance the polka.
Small acts of frivolity and radical silliness to unjam, uproot and loosen.
No do-overs. Start today right where you are.
Big. Juicy. Creative. Life.
Let this happen.

“The familiar and the habitual are so falsely reassuring, and most of us make our homes there permanently. The new is always by definition unfamiliar and untested, so God, life, destiny, suffering have to give us a push—usually a big one—or we will not go. Someone has to make clear to us that homes are not meant to be lived in—but only to be moved out from.”— Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life