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Blog #752: I Couldn’t Look Away

I was flipping through TV channels...until one of them stopped me cold. I didn't know the singer.I didn't know the song. But I couldn't look away. ______ It wasn't his voice that caught me. It was how completely he gave himself to the moment. He wasn't just singing.He...

Blog #751: I Pressed Send Anyway

#750 is behind me.#751 is right now. Still going.Still showing up.Still giving it my best. Every.Single.Thursday. ______ #751. That’s a lot of Thursdays. More than I ever imagined when this began. And although I'm acknowledging #751... I'm celebrating #1 more. That’s...

Blog #750: What Are You Leaving in Them?

At first... This blog was about a frog named Camino.Then it became a question. Ready to see where this leads? ______ First story... There’s a little frog that’s lived outside my front door in Sacramento for as long as I can remember. I call him “Camino.”Named after...

Blog #749: The Email Said She’s a Ghost

I read her email.I stopped breathing for a moment. "People don't say things like that." ______ The email read: "I’m a ghost. People don't see me. I don't even see myself anymore. I read your blog and maybe I'm not changing, but at least I see I don't want to be a...

Blog #748: It’s Time to Go

Moving forward. Not because it's easy.Because staying changes who you become. ______ The past has a powerful pull. A favorite memory.A former relationship.A great success.A missed opportunity.A different version of ourselves. It's easy to revisit what was. Especially...

Blog #747: Where Did You Stop Creating?

“Get creative!” That thought that never leaves me. The trail I walk.The travel I take.The conversations I have.The work I do. Stale living and I don’t get along. ______ Forty years ago… I introduced telemarketing to businesses. It wasn't common.I thought I was on to...

Blog #746: Why Does This Keep Happening?

Check my thoughts.Change my thoughts. ______ There are mornings when I wake up already ahead of myself. And there are mornings when I wake up already behind my thinking. Same life. Different direction before the day even starts. I’ve learned this the hard way… Nothing...

Blog #745: My Tighty-Whities Moment

Let’s talk about getting engaged. Not married.Engaged. To your life. ______ Most people aren’t disconnected from life. They’re just not engaged in it. A slightly perturbed email landed in my inbox: “It’s easy for you to have a life. You have money to do things.”...

Blog #744: What I See Every Thursday

I think my signature sign-off is sticking.Many emails coming back now close with: “Gratitude…" ______ I love the people who read this blog. Not because they see me. But because they are kind—even when the world isn’t.They are passionate—even when life drains them.They...

Blog #743: When Showing Up Starts Costing You

Some questions don’t need advice.They need clarity. Especially when your heartis pulled in two directions. Like this one. ______ “I keep showing up for someone who keeps taking from me. Am I right to keep hanging in there with this person?” ______ My answer: Dear...
#495: Inspiration…and Garbanzo Bean Soup

#495: Inspiration…and Garbanzo Bean Soup

In the last ten days...my conversations have been few. In walking across northern Spain, I've experienced only a couple of English speakers...except for those who speak the most broken and hard-to-understand English. As for my Espanol? Count my two years of receiving...

#494: But I Survived the Day

#494: But I Survived the Day

Two hours ago...I finished walking Day #4 across Spain. In keeping it real...I have zero energy in me to write this week's blog. I've walked 60 miles so far, but I've never been so physically wiped out as I have been at the end of each of these first four days. I...

#493: Time to Catch My Tongue

#493: Time to Catch My Tongue

"Talk. Talk. Talk.""Talk. Talk. Talk." A million people talk about the steps they're going to walk.A thousand people ever walk the steps they talk. For me? No more talking.Time for walking. There comes a time when our feet should catch up with our tongues. Now's my...

#492: Pee Pads, Screwy Emails…and Going Sideways

#492: Pee Pads, Screwy Emails…and Going Sideways

Some days...things go sideways. What does "sideways" mean? It means something went crazy wrong. It means that our plans got hijacked. It means the not-so-good and unexpected happened. Like for me this morning...all before 8:00. 1. I received a cringe-worthy email. As...

#491: They’re in All of Us

#491: They’re in All of Us

Big Ass Things. On July 24th...I'm starting one. I'm walking across Spain. Despite having already walked across seven countries and pedaled a bike solo across the U.S. twice...I'm still as nervous as hell about this one. That's just being REAL. But I will do it. I get...

#490: Hallmark, Couches and Wake-Up Calls

#490: Hallmark, Couches and Wake-Up Calls

I've been hearing a wake-up callin my head for a while. "Go be you." In response to the world shutdown over the last year, a few things that fed my best me were taken away: stage speaking, world travel, creating comfort-zone-stretching adventures. In all transparency,...

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