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Is there such thing as reality dreaming?

June 28th, 2011    -    No Comments

Is there such a thing as reality dreaming? We are thinking about dreaming at Seven Stones, the dreams we create in our waking lives. Some of us call them goals, plans, intentions or resolutions. My dreams have included: qualifying to run the Boston Marathon, competing in the Olympics, coaching a track team, becoming a collegeRead 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…


Pushing the Edge – deepening the experience of Exquisite Sufficiency

May 2nd, 2011    -    No Comments

As usual I am pushing, pushing myself and pushing the edge of this conversation I was introduced to ten years ago – what is sufficiency? Where am I inside the context? What is its next expression through me out to the world? I started looking at the seven insights of leadership we have been developingRead 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…


Corporate Tithing: Step 1, Inquiry and Calculating the Truth

March 7th, 2011    -    1 Comment

At church last week, our guest minister preached about generosity. He spoke of his practice of tithing (to offer one tenth part as an offering). He and his wife give 10% of their gross earnings as gifts each year. 5% to their church and %5 to organizations that do work in the world that speakRead the Rest…


Making the Call – the Way of the Future

March 3rd, 2011    -    No Comments

With all the texting and tweeting and facebooking, sending an email can feel like an ancient rite. What’s even more archaic, though, is picking up the phone and dialing (remember it used to be a wheel). Who does that anymore? And forget about being in person: gone are the full offices and fights for theRead the Rest…


Resolutions? An Inquiry

January 3rd, 2011    -    No Comments

It is that time of year. I have heard folks refer to it as a time for new beginnings, a fresh start, a clean slate or starting over. If you are connected in any way to media then you have heard it is the perfect time to buy a car, join a gym, take aRead the Rest…


Noticing Sufficiency

December 13th, 2010    -    No Comments

I had a full week that included much client work, phone calling and meetings. I also took a trip to Arkansas for a weekend retreat. As I am sitting on my return flight wondering what to write for this week’s blog I witness a wonderful exchange. Two men in first class give up their seatsRead the Rest…


Rediscovering Christmas

December 6th, 2010    -    No Comments

Would the overdone, overstuffed, consumer crazed Christmas exist without the media fuel? I understand that retailers are trying to sell goods for their businesses to be profitable so although I can’t stand the commercials, I understand why I am subjected to them. I wonder if the commercialism of this holiday actually stems from the mediaRead the Rest…


Gardening, an experiment in sufficiency

August 24th, 2010    -    No Comments

I reconnected to Jennifer Jewell of http://www.jewellgarden.com/ in July. She is a garden writer and photographer, her pictures are stunning. In talking to her about sufficiency, gardening and what is enough, it struck me at all three of us at Seven Stones have gardens. Shea being the most avid at this moment, Jen getting herRead the Rest…


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