The Lake – Dallas Todd
In a dream – I awake
Lay me down – my soul to take
This can’t be real – this can’t be fake
I take the trail – I find the Lake
Eternal I float – eternal I sleep
My eyes are wide – my eyes they weep
Tears of joy – out they seep
Maker inside – a Lake so deep
The Lake creates – the Lake conceives
In this dream – on this eve
The life we live – the life we weave
Life a gift – gift we receive
In a dream – I awake
I take the trail – I find the Lake
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
The Good Life.
Hans Rosling is brilliant.
His brilliance doesn't just lie in his big brain though, although I'm quite sure it's massive. It lies in his ability to communicate complicated statistical data in simple and easy to understand ways. Ways that make sense to all of us.
He is a global health researcher. I've watched many of his previous talks, including a classic on TED talks, but his most recent YouTube post (200 years of human health history of 200 countries in 4 minutes) is particularly brilliant. His beautiful display of graphical information is poetry.
The way he displays this information is relevant. It creates a curiosity in the observer. It engages you. It becomes meaningful to you. It makes you appreciate how lucky we all are to be living here, today.
What is most impressive is how he communicates in a way that is so much different than most of us communicate. It is simple. It is based on truth. It is full of passion. And because of this it inspires you. Or at least makes you think.
What can you do to inspire? What do you do?
with Metta.
His brilliance doesn't just lie in his big brain though, although I'm quite sure it's massive. It lies in his ability to communicate complicated statistical data in simple and easy to understand ways. Ways that make sense to all of us.
He is a global health researcher. I've watched many of his previous talks, including a classic on TED talks, but his most recent YouTube post (200 years of human health history of 200 countries in 4 minutes) is particularly brilliant. His beautiful display of graphical information is poetry.
The way he displays this information is relevant. It creates a curiosity in the observer. It engages you. It becomes meaningful to you. It makes you appreciate how lucky we all are to be living here, today.
What is most impressive is how he communicates in a way that is so much different than most of us communicate. It is simple. It is based on truth. It is full of passion. And because of this it inspires you. Or at least makes you think.
What can you do to inspire? What do you do?
with Metta.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Moving at the speed of life.
Motion. The act or process of changing position or place.
Newton's first law of motion states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion, unless acted upon by an external force.
As they so elegantly explain on the physics 4 kids website (physics4kids), "if nothing is happening to you, and nothing does happen, you will never go anywhere. If you're going in a specific direction, unless something happens to you, you will always go in that direction. Forever."
This made me think. I'm currently building my own personal coaching business. When I tell people about it they often ask me why someone would hire a personal coach. Traditionally, I go into an explanation about how coaching has benefited me. How it has helped me to believe in myself and take action on creating the life I want for myself. How it has empowered me to show up big in life, etc, etc, etc.
Usually about half way through my explanation I see their eyes glaze over as they disengage with the conversation. Their mind begins to wander. "Who's playing hockey on TV tonight?" "What will I have for dinner?" I quickly realize I'm not doing a great job of relaying the value of coaching in a way that's meaningful and concrete.
But when I reflect upon Newton's laws of physics, I find an immediate answer.
Many people end up getting "stuck" in their lives. They may be stuck in a job they don't like or a relationship that isn't working. Life seems to be in constant motion for them, but it's not the direction they want it to be going. Other people just don't seem to be going anywhere. There life has no motion.
In either case our lives can be a metaphor for Newton's first law. In the absence of an outside force, an object in motion (in this case your life) will continue travelling in the path it's on and an object at rest will stay at rest. An unfulfilled life is often the result of being unhappy with the trajectory you're on or the feeling that your life is not going anywhere.
Coaching can provide one possible solution to this metaphorical tragedy of physics. A coach can provide the "outside force" required to change your trajectory of motion or put your motionless life into motion.
It's not that we're unable to recognize these challenges or make these changes on our own, however the reality is we often don't. Physics agrees with this. The support of a coach can help create the space we need to re-examine the path we're on and make the changes necessary to move into the trajectory of our dreams. A coach can help us re-awaken all that is possible for us.
So, where is your motion taking you?
with Metta
Newton's first law of motion states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion, unless acted upon by an external force.
As they so elegantly explain on the physics 4 kids website (physics4kids), "if nothing is happening to you, and nothing does happen, you will never go anywhere. If you're going in a specific direction, unless something happens to you, you will always go in that direction. Forever."
This made me think. I'm currently building my own personal coaching business. When I tell people about it they often ask me why someone would hire a personal coach. Traditionally, I go into an explanation about how coaching has benefited me. How it has helped me to believe in myself and take action on creating the life I want for myself. How it has empowered me to show up big in life, etc, etc, etc.
Usually about half way through my explanation I see their eyes glaze over as they disengage with the conversation. Their mind begins to wander. "Who's playing hockey on TV tonight?" "What will I have for dinner?" I quickly realize I'm not doing a great job of relaying the value of coaching in a way that's meaningful and concrete.
But when I reflect upon Newton's laws of physics, I find an immediate answer.
Many people end up getting "stuck" in their lives. They may be stuck in a job they don't like or a relationship that isn't working. Life seems to be in constant motion for them, but it's not the direction they want it to be going. Other people just don't seem to be going anywhere. There life has no motion.
In either case our lives can be a metaphor for Newton's first law. In the absence of an outside force, an object in motion (in this case your life) will continue travelling in the path it's on and an object at rest will stay at rest. An unfulfilled life is often the result of being unhappy with the trajectory you're on or the feeling that your life is not going anywhere.
Coaching can provide one possible solution to this metaphorical tragedy of physics. A coach can provide the "outside force" required to change your trajectory of motion or put your motionless life into motion.
It's not that we're unable to recognize these challenges or make these changes on our own, however the reality is we often don't. Physics agrees with this. The support of a coach can help create the space we need to re-examine the path we're on and make the changes necessary to move into the trajectory of our dreams. A coach can help us re-awaken all that is possible for us.
So, where is your motion taking you?
with Metta
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