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Nov 24 2016

Normal

Today we return to our original tempo and tone as humans. Gratitude was always meant to be our song.

We our wired to be awe-struck and wonder-eyed by the infinite givenness of universe.

Today we celebrate this givenness…the seen and the unseen…the known and the unknown…the certainty and the Mystery.

We must return to this as our normal state of being.

When the human spirit is rooted in gratitude, it becomes a channel and, subsequently, a river for love, grace, and peace. In other words, our posture today is the great predecessor to what will heal us and our world.

Take note of how little you try to judge, critique, change, or fix what is today. You simply just enjoy it for what it is and you reflect on the enjoyment.

May we repeat today all of our days.

We can do better than 1 out of 365.

Tagged Ashton Gustafson, gratitude, let the music play, ltmp, thanksgiving day

Nov 15 2016

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Awareness, Creativity, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, success

Small, quiet, & unseen.

Reflect on the words that have shaped you. Those small words spoken to your soul, over your life, and into your bones.

Your small words matter. They enlarge those you’ve been entrusted with.

Think of your heroes. Not the ones in sports or on tv. Think of the ones that, truly, made your path possible and opened the doors that you could have never opened yourself. I would imagine these people were tender, tasteful, and sublimely human. And probably quiet.

Love tends to be tender, human, and quiet. A billion @ mentions pales in comparison to your quiet role in someone breathing a little easier because of your quiet involvement.

Now, can you recall some moments that are forever stuck in your head and burned into your memory? The unseen things that only you can claim were for you. A hug. A wink. A tear. A smile. A pair of hands raised in a crowd for you. The hands that caught your fall. The world didn’t see this. But you did.

99.9% of why you are here will be unseen for the rest of the world…but .0000001% couldn’t do it without you.

Alas, you’re a really big deal. In your own small, quiet, and unseen way.

Namaste.