Category: Musings

Gratitude and ease

  Two years ago (to the day: October 24th) I gave up trying to approach the cat. She would hear my foot steps coming towards the deck. Gently she ease off the chair and walked towards the plants and relaxed under the huge deck. It was so smooth and anticlimate, I could have screamed. The night before I slept with the screen door open and a fresh can promising a feline feast out. She came in only to calmly walk away as soon as I could reach for the door. Two years ago, I gave up and called animal...

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Stranded in the desert. Chill as a cucumber.

  After a tough week of work, I was on the road for adventure. For a friends birthday, we threw bikes and tents in the back of our cars and drove to Moab Utah. While driving out to this desert playground, I listened to an audiobooks about sociology and play. When we hit the trails, the connection was clear between play, well-being and biking. We were, scientifically speaking, a bunch of adults playing. How were we playing (according to Stuart Brown)? First, we were fully engaged. There’s no cell phone service in Moab so we weren’t checking facebook. Also...

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