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Happy Birthday Maya

Maya Angelou would have turned 88 today.

Many of her words often, still, speak to me.

Here’s some of them I have cherished the most.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”

“There’s nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.”

“Life loves the liver of it.”

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

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Going Big.

Time stood still for me today with a quote I heard from the great Dr. Parker J. Palmer.

He said, “As long as we are wedded to “effectiveness” we will take on smaller and smaller tasks, for they are the only ones with which we can get results.”

Here’s a HUGE question for all of us. Is effectiveness your drug of choice?

If so, be careful.

It’s a short buzz with a small ending and the only fix is another hit of the same scenario.

PS – Last week I released a podcast that has struck a chord with many of our listeners entitled “Ludicrously Happy”. You can listen to it here. It was a short riff off of a poem from Rumi and it may help you connect some dots with growing your capacity, increasing your awareness, and living out the difficult and necessary paths for a great-big-lovely story.

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The Giver’s Heart

It gives because it gets to.

It gives because it has to.

It expects no return.

It doesn’t think in terms of ping pong.

It just finds joy in being the giving/enlightening/awakening ping.

This will free you if you will let it.

 

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¡Vámonos!

I hit the road this week to begin the first national tour of sharing the message of Let The Music Play.

We’re going to call out our instruments, define our music, and align ourselves with lives, relationships, and businesses of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment.

I hope we get to shake hands, swap ideas, and shed some light on the scene for one another.

Chicago, you’re first.

And then…

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