Can-Do-Ology: Business meets Personal, falls in love, has several Stuff That Needs Doing offspring, and goes seeking suitable live-in help.
During my two week Australian adventure, I had the pleasure of hanging out with a delightful and wise little girl named Ostara. Her mama is the luminous Leonie Dawson, so you can see where she gets her light and wisdom. (Her papa Chris is a sage, kind man with a twinkle in his eye–and you [...]
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When someone says (some variation of), “She’s so young, what does she know about life? It’s easy to think you’re wise when you’re so young and naive.” I like to think, “How fortunate for me that I met her & was reminded of all the wisdom I forgot when the world taught me that growing [...]
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I was scanning status updates on Facebook or Twitter and I saw someone ask, “What do you like about fail?” I thought, whoa, now there is a powerful and unusual question. I was immediately excited about the potential conversation that would spark. Then I re-read the question and realized the person had actually asked, “What [...]
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Danielle LaPorte is the spark of brilliance behind White Hot Truth, a haven of “kick-ass spirituality,” creative mojo, frank discussions about the creative life and process, and juicy inspiration. I’ve known of (and utterly adored) Danielle ever since she chatted with me on the phone for over an hour one snowy January day a couple [...]
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The Buddhist Channel has a wonderfully rich interview with the Dalai Lama in which the spiritual leader of Tibet discusses his views on terrorism and violence, the role of logic in his belief system, and why monks don’t particularly miss sex. Speaking from the Heart One of the traits I admire about the Dalai Lama [...]
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Jacqueline Thomas, one of the bloggers at Carrie & Danielle, wrote a post inquiring what you’d say to your 10-year old self, if you were magically able to visit him or her. My favorite piece of advice that Jacqueline offered to her 10-year old safe was “Don’t Waste Energy Being Nervous.” She’s so right when [...]
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(The title line references a great drift-to-sleep-to-it song: Behind the Sun by The Starseeds, featured on Two A.D., one of my favoritest albums for drifting off or for doing relaxation yoga.) Sri Chinmoy Inspiration offers an important reminder: Yet as we become repeatedly disappointed by outer events, we begin to lose faith in the possibility [...]
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This blog entry was partially inspired by “My Same Old Story” (at Change Ft Wayne). Mums and I chatted recently about how peoples’ lamentations about gas prices tend to ring very hollow. First, as we chatted, we started watching the automobiles around us–there were eight pick-up trucks, twelve SUVs (seven of the big, seats-27-passengers kind, [...]
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I’m Marissa, can-do-ologist, perpetual Curious George, and daily adventurer.
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