Category Archives for "Musings and observations"

The Need to be Right

The Need to be Right There are so many posts on Facebook about who and what is right and who and what is wrong in regard to Covid-19. And I am getting tired of the one side attacking the other. Instead of pulling together, there is a creation of division. It’s almost as if people […]

What can we learn from Nature?

Looking at the incredible number of people who spend time in nature, one could say we love nature. And then I wonder about that when I read articles about trailheads and trails being destroyed due to thoughtless action. I wonder what is going on for those people? I have to acknowledge that probably they are just […]

De-Cluttering

Have you lived in your home for five or more years? Imagine you would have to move in two months. Isn’t it amazing how much ‘stuff’ we collect over the years? What would it take not to let it go that far and de-clutter on a regular basis? And how does it feel when we are done […]

Polarity 2

In these times of Covid-19, I noticea lot of polarity, especially on social media. One group of people beliefs what is being said about the corona virus and the other group does not. On social media,this results in a lot of judgment between the members of these groups. And these judgments can be harsh and […]

Racism

RacismThis last week, a black person got killed by a white police officer. This resulted in peaceful protests as well as rioting in the USA and international protests. Finally protests! Racism is wrong! Right? This past week, I have been sitting with a lot of questions. When I lived in California, I was part of a group […]

Going back to Normal

Right now, after 6 weeks of lock down and social distancing due to Covid-19, I hear many people talking about and wishing for being able to go back to normal. What does “normal” mean? Yet is it even possible to go back to that world? For the past 6 weeks we could not do or go […]

Benevolent Leadership

What does benevolent leadership mean? The original meaning of the word benevolent comes from the Latin ‘bene’ and ‘volent’ which together mean “wishing well for all”. In other words it is about being willing to be aware of what one’s actions create for everyone, not just for this moment, but also down the road, in […]

Go to your room

Go To Your Room Do you remember being a kid? May be you experienced being sent to your room to think about what you had done wrong? These “Stay at Home” orders that are in one way or another all over the globe remind me of that. It’s as if the earth has sent us to our […]

How to Deal with Dramatic and Traumatic Events: Five Tools to Prevent Panic

Corona virus. Right now, this word can evoke anxiety in some, in others it can lead to panic. With so much information floating around, some of which is inaccurate, how are you supposed to deal with it all? There are people who belief anything and everything they read or hear and then there are those […]

Speaking – Listening – Hearing

We all have conversations. The quality of these depends greatly from which space you come from. Speaking: From which space do you come when you speak? Do you tell a story?Do you try to convince the other about the rightness of your point of view?Do you offer a different point of view from the space of no significance?Listening […]