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This Day... Living in Gratitude

This Day… Living in Gratitude

10/04/2009  |  No Comments

share this wonderful and inspiring video from Brother David Steindl-Rast that Mary shared earlier today - pass it forward... and help make a few more people a few degrees happier today! Read more...

Work as Play

10/01/2009  |  No Comments

In today's Zen post, Mary shared this video by Alan Watts, filmed over 10 years ago talking about Work as Play, spontaneity, pleasure, Hindu philosophy, the atomic bomb and enjoying our lives. It's so NOT like the 15 second attention span, hi-speed, blip-verts that we're so accustomed to watching these days... change gear for a few minutes and maybe be inspired - he even sings at one point - magical! Read more...

The Joy of Receiving

The Joy of Receiving

06/19/2009  |  No Comments

As is normal here, the whole event was wonderfully chaotic - as parents, we filed dutifully into a beautiful new classroom, where the chairs were laid out in neat, straight rows, inviting us to sit down in some sort of orderly fashion. There was a brief attempt at this by some of us, but when the children filed in to take their places on benches at the front, the overpowering need to digitally capture some special moments of the event took hold and we all took our places at the side of the room, jostling for our turns at the front of the pack clutching our various grades of cameras, videos and pdas. Read more...

Getting Clear on What I Really Want - NEW iCourse!

Getting Clear on What I Really Want – NEW iCourse!

06/16/2009  |  No Comments

Most people don't bother to spend any time pro-actively thinking about what they really want in life - most of us manage a few vague daydreams or lottery-winner ideas which we believe deep-down will never happen. We may spend hours pouring through websites or brochures to select our next holiday destination, but no time at all thinking about how we'd like our relationships to be in 2 years' time, or what our ideal (and I mean blue sky do anything you want ideal) working day would consist of, or what our bank balance should be in 2012 in order to feel financially free. Read more...