In his book, The Everyday Hero Manifesto, Robin Sharma tells the story of a window of opportunity to meet someone - a movie actor - that he admired. And he let fear and doubt set in, and walked away instead. I can relate to this as I have had many times in my ‘shy’ youth, … Continue reading Gifts
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The Watch, the Duffel Bag and St. Christopher
I have been following along a meditation program that goes through different ‘phases’ of active meditation. I am not writing about the meditation itself today - that will be a topic that ‘future’ Devon can write about. One of the steps or phases is on forgiveness. Since it asks that you think of and forgive … Continue reading The Watch, the Duffel Bag and St. Christopher
Reflection
Our sculpture teacher was checking in with each of us on the progress of our assignment. We had 4 weeks to complete the work. Week one, I didn’t have a plan. Week two, I didn’t have a plan. We were mid way through week 3 when we had our meeting. He wanted to see what … Continue reading Reflection
Driving for Tournaments
The Dutch import store was a short drive away in the next town. And they have a better breakfast place there too. So we went to eat first. One of those places that all the locals go to. They serve great breakfast or lunch options and also have a killer bakery with breads and desserts … Continue reading Driving for Tournaments
Set Back
I can’t possibly be the only one who feels like they have ‘set back’ days. Like for a while, you know things are going well or improving and then you have an ‘emotional’ set back. Beating yourself up. Just feeling like an all around loser. Like there is a rain cloud over you, but it … Continue reading Set Back