Change – Join me on a blessed and heartfelt journey of discovery!

The Curiosity and Wonder of A Beginner’s Mind

May 13, 2021
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Dance has taught me many things in my life. The need for balance and positioning myself so that I am ready for the next steps to be executed. It has taught me how to move to the music of the world and how to be flexible, not just in the movement but in adapting to a change in rhythm or a prop suddenly in the way. It has taught me discipline and hard work bring their own rewards. More importantly perhaps, it has taught me that in approaching things from a learning perspective with curiosity and wonder, a beginner’s mind, the world of opportunity opens up.

Reflections and Lessons

Letting Go to Make Room

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021
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I made it. I found myself on the board of one of our community organizations that was populated by the movers and the shakers; the individuals that helped shape our community with their decisions. This was a place I had dreamed of being, a place to make a difference and I was humbled to have arrived. Like so many things, however, the perception and the reality don’t always align. After several months I found there was a lot of talk, many words and ideas shared but action became bogged down in posturing and differing agendas. The movers and shakers were more the talkers and sitters. Fortunately I realized this was not the place for me and resigned from the organization after a short two years.

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Heroes Among Us

The Hero and The Little Fishes

January 14, 2021
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It is always interesting to me how the people that make the greatest impact on my life are brought into it and for John McReynolds it was a skateboard competition that was the catalyst. A unique setting for two adults that were not proficient skateboarders. He was a sports reporter for the Lompoc Record and was the tasked with promoting Lompoc’s first skateboard competition at the new skate park. I was just trying to figure out how to run a skateboard competition. And so our paths crossed. What initially struck me about John was how he cared about the human element of the event. The tricks to be performed, the venue itself, what type of boards or wheels were not important in his approach. It was the participants, the competitors, the persons involved in making the event happen that he focused on and wrote about. I remember observing this with interest and realizing later this tells you much about who John is fundamentally.

Energy Flows

Change is Potential-Change is Hope

January 7, 2021
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Change for me has been a scary concept far too often. I am slow to relinquish where I am and slow to embrace the new. Slow to take the next step and move out of the comfort of the known. Yet change is one of the constants in life. It is with us everyday from the hands on the clock moving to each breath we take. Each moment is different from the next, each inhalation and exhalation different from the one before.

A Heartfelt Journey

The Truth of Happily Ever After

November 5, 2020
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The world seems so full of noise and angst right now. The US election is over but still undecided and may well not be decided for many more hours, perhaps even days or weeks as ballot counts are contested. It is easy for me to get swept up in this whirlwind of anxiety, wanting oh so desperately for things to play out in a way that I feel they should. But I stop and remind myself this is not something I can control and that to argue with reality just leads me to frustration.

Heroes Among Us

A Hero Among Us and the Fearless Voice

August 27, 2020August 24, 2020
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Though we had lived in the same small community for many years the first time my path crossed with Ashley Costa was just after she had won a seat to Lompoc’s City Council. The Council for many years had been comprised primarily of middle-aged males from our community with the occasional middle-aged female, but never someone in their twenties. To essentially be a lone representative in both gender and age as well as probably ideals was a challenge I couldn’t fathom anyone desiring but I admired her for taking on those challenges. When she did win my first thought was, “Awesome! You go girl!” but that was followed with thoughts of how much work she had before her. Little did I know at the time how Ashley thrives on challenge and hard work.

Mindfulness

Do You See the Moon During the Day?

August 13, 2020
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At just a few months short of 3 years, my granddaughter is fascinated by much in life that I have begun to take for granted. She notices small insects as they travel to and from wherever they were going, notices the breeze as it talks to the trees and loves to feel the sand from the beach as she sifts it with her hands. At the sound of a plane she immediately scans the sky to identify where it is headed and is also ever quick to find the moon, night or day. I had forgotten how often the moon is visible during the day having relegated it to only my night time viewings. At this thought I wonder what other things I have missed by deeming the timing is not right.

The Curiosity and Wonder of A Beginner’s Mind

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Letting Go to Make Room

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Change is Potential-Change is Hope

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The Truth of Happily Ever After

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A Hero Among Us and the Fearless Voice

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