None of us know how long we’ll be around… that means that RIGHT NOW is the time to activate your destiny.
What will your legacy be?
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Life is a spiritual path. You may have heard people describing how they began their spiritual path, or found a spiritual path, but in reality, they’ve been on that path all along.
You cannot be on any other path except that of spirit, for, as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin noted, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
Who is more spiritual? A devoted monk or a successful businesswoman? A member of the clergy or a wilderness teacher? ”Spiritual” is not something you do, it is something you are. And we are all spiritual beings, regardless of the occupation in which we work or the belief system we’ve chosen. We are always on a spiritual path.
(This post originally appeared in ACM)
End your day with gratitude — regardless of circumstance. Especially those evenings of days that don’t make sense, when nothing has gone right, when you cannot step from under the cloud that grayed your joy… this is when gratitude is most crucial.
There is always much to be grateful for, and every little bit helps to light your vision of a new day.
This week’s Kniss Connection episode: How our primal brain’s advice can keep us small…. If we let it!
Here’s a short video on breaking down seemingly insurmountable tasks into smaller pieces… taking any project step by step.
And if you haven’t read Bird by Bird, it’s fantastic. I dare say “essential” for writers, but Lamott is so good, anyone can benefit from her insights on life.
On this week’s Kniss Connection video, I compare our life path to walking a trail… only occasionally do we see the markers that assure us we’re headed in the right direction. To get to the next trail marker, we need to keep moving.
This is a great compilation of interviews with Will Smith. I didn’t know much about his philosophy apart from a few soundbites I’d heard around the time The Pursuit of Happyness came out, but check out what he’s got to say. His passion and his message provide a crucial voice for today’s world, where people often believe they are the victim of circumstances outside of their control (the economy, the government, et cetera). Will offers a different, and refreshing, perspective:
Greatness exists in all of us.
Lay one brick at a time.
Focus on making a difference.
Represent an idea.
You have to believe.
Nothing is unrealistic.
Be willing to die for the Truth.
Protect your dream.
And one of my favorite quotes: “Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.”
This week’s Kniss Connection video focuses on the power of the present moment. As Chris Howard said, “Stop next monthing yourself.”
Millions were affected by the recent earthquake in Haiti. Yep, Haiti, one of the most poverty-stricken nations on the planets, where infrastructures were already fragile, daily life already a challenge…
So how can we help? I love what Kelly Diels has thrown together:
What You Can DO.
Remember Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 Blog Challenge? It brought a LOT (700+) of people together. Which got me thinking…a blog challenge is a way to rally together and have a big impact through a lot of little actions.
Hence: The Help Haiti Blog Challenge. Let’s do it.
Here’s how we can share, together, so we can give, together, to our people who need and deserve help in Haiti.
- Sign up for the Help Haiti Blog Challenge (below). Write about it on your blog and tag it “Help Haiti Blog Challenge“. Ask your people to join you and do the same.
- Add the Help Haiti Blog Challenge badge to your blog.
- Make your offer: I will donate ________ dollars to _________ on behalf of the next person who buys _________ from me.
- Make your donation and tell us how much you donated.
- Tweet about it using the hashtag #haitiblogchallenge. Update your facebook status with a request to pass on the message and the call to action. Send e-mails. Everywhere you are, online, talk about the Help Haiti Blog Challenge, tag it, and call your friends, family, colleagues – your people – to action.
So here’s my deal: I’ll donate my full Catalyst Session fee ($250) to Haiti causes from the 1st person who books and pays today.
How can you help?
In 2009, I said, “Say less, Do more.”
For 2010, I say, “Do less, Listen more.”
