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Posts Tagged ‘Enough’

Possibilities for Wealth

October 28th, 2011    -    1 Comment

The Caveat: In a world where building wealth is a holy act, and “the wealthy” are exalted, it would be unfair to say wealth provides nothing of value. Of course it does. Having resources allows us to take better care of ourselves, buy the best education, experiences, comforts. There are many examples of the richRead the Rest…


No Impact Journal: Final Reflection

September 28th, 2011    -    No Comments

Pass or Fail? Before the week of the No Impact Experiment, I stopped focusing on the game. Basically: I got sucked into the vortex for attending to my sick children, who ended up with ear infections over the weekend. Upon reflection of the week, I am left with several inquiries and insights. It’s difficult –Read the Rest…


Vacation Inventory

August 23rd, 2011    -    No Comments

Vacation is a word that we have said many, many times this month. Mostly because each of us at Seven Stones has taken some time off and many of our business projects and client work are “on hold” until after Labor Day. We noticed at that vacation is both a state of mind and aRead the Rest…


Time Is On Our Side

July 27th, 2011    -    No Comments

“There isn’t enough time.” “If only there were 30 hours in a day, then … then, I’d get it all done.” “I wish I had more time.” Have you ever said these statements before? We hear this from our clients all the time. And I just said it yesterday to my child, which caused a major,Read the Rest…


In Response to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

May 5th, 2011    -    6 Comments

The day after 9/11/2001 I wrote to my community about the impact of trauma on our hearts and mind and bodies, and how we could, in our own ways each day following these events, take good care of ourselves and each other. What resonates in me after Bin Laden’s assassination, and the subsequent jubilation inRead the Rest…


How Sufficiency Changed My Life

April 27th, 2011    -    No Comments

For twenty-three years now I have lived a life devoted to trying to do enough. Examples are helping out friends, avoiding excess consumerism, intensive composting, supporting local businesses, buying second hand clothing, recycling, biking…the list could go on and on. Or does it? Is this even what it means to “do enough”? My view ofRead the Rest…


Re-Inventing Myself

January 10th, 2011    -    No Comments

Shea is creating an online course called Re-Inventing Yourself. When I first heard about it I thought oh, this will be good for folks who have been laid off and looking for work. Then I started thinking what does it mean to re-invent oneself? Have I done it, if so when and how? When IRead the Rest…


Social fabric: stuck between 2 contexts

September 3rd, 2010    -    No Comments

Then I saw it. That is how it all works. I have to have one of everything and you have to have one of everything because we don’t have a clear social contract about the norms. Or I guess you could say the social contract we do have is about each person for him/herself so I am going against that contract by even making such a request. I could see the whole territory I have to traverse just to borrow one tool, one lousy tool. And I could see how I would rather have my own tool than confront this relatively simple set of transactions. So how then will I get the courage to have conversations about matters much closer to the heart? How will I get the courage up to break down some much larger barrier erected by this culture of separation? How will I find what I need to re-weave that social fabric so my sharing with my neighbor is more relevant than all of the noise I find in the context of separation?


The Next Right Thing: the gift of consumption (Part 2 of 2)

September 1st, 2010    -    No Comments

In my physical discomfort due to morning/all day sickness, the past several weeks I have eaten a lot and watched a lot of TV – a lot being the operative descriptor here. I have been feeling strange about this, habits I have overcome from my younger years coming back in spades. I’ve been coping byRead the Rest…


Noble Silence

August 30th, 2010    -    No Comments

When I registered for a three day meditation retreat where I will sit in “noble silence” at the time it felt like the right course of action for my personal development. I have dabbled with mediation for about seven years but I wouldn’t say I have a bona fide practice. I had been talking toRead the Rest…


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