What If?

What if there was no peace? 
What if there was no war? 

What if these two words were simply words with letters grouped together? 
Once judged and filtered by each individual belief system they took on a meaning based on perception.

What if there was no poverty?
What if there was no wealth?

Organic Process

Winter is in the process of ending and Spring is looming before us. Trees whose leaves went reddish yellowish brownish purple in April and then fell in June will begin to bud and bloom again in September so that by December they will be a brilliant green.


When we isolate principles of structure – like we do when learning music or dance or programming software – the series of lessons in natural order and organic forces – like the observation of trees in the cycles of life – provide us with the greatest of holographs.

Balancing the Books

How many people globally have been majorly freaking out every time they read a headline about the looming global economic crisis? There is so much stress, fear, anger and confusion. 


Why? What do we think we will lose? 


If we could list all those things that we think we will lose, I wonder how many would truly matter. 


What is our wealth outside of money and business and possessions? 
What is our wealth if we lose all that we own? 
Where is the surplus to balance this deficit? 


No one knows for sure or can easily explain why we are experiencing a Global Financial Crisis (now commonly known as the GFC). So perhaps to better understand it, we could examine what a GFC may mean in our own backyards.

Loving the Wofl

Last night was the most spectacular full moon. I lay next to the window at midnight and watched as this silver orb crossed from one side of the night sky to the other. All of a sudden I had an overwhelming urge to bay loudly. I wanted to be a wolf baying at the moon. It was a feeling of freedom and appreciation and oneness with nature. Needless to say I didn’t howl at the moon but simply chuckled at myself for feeling so at ease with my own inner wolf. :-)

Kate Histon’s beautifully expressed story about her dance teacher and the magic of her being so “hard” on her and the transformative impact of the results of that experience packs quite a punch. Childhood memories are often filled with similar stories –teacher, rugby coach – or parent. How many angry and nasty people provide the catalyst for achievement in our past? How many wolves in our history have killed off a weaker part in us and inspired new growth? 

Inspiration or Motivation

I have owned and managed an Entertainment Agency for 20 years. Until this year I have focused all my energy on training, workshops, seminars, qualifications, personal and professional development programs, counselling, coaching and rewarding my team – always trying to find ways to motivate them to excel and shine and add value. For me it was an important investment - It cost our company a fortune with monthly awards, lunches, dinners, treats and gifts. I created a family culture – we celebrated birthdays and milestones with parties and games – each year setting the benchmark higher and higher. I’ve hired clowns, singing telegrams, waiters, dancers, jugglers, performers – you name it – we’ve done it. This impacted on my family life. I was often late home, working at night, missing meals, behind on housework with some weeks where I wouldn’t even see talk to my children as they were in bed when I arrived home. 

Our team have been well known in the industry for its cohesion and congruency. I can see how much this has added to our bottom line as much as budget. We have held our market share longer than any other competitor in this industry – a rate of four to one actually – and in part, I would consider that our value of human resource has contributed to that. It also cost us four times more to maintain!

Touching the Void

One of my friends moved into a new apartment recently and decided to throw herself a cocktail party. She was very specific about how it was to look, the type of guest she would love, the food, entertainment, the party area design – all were created with precision. Her expectations were huge – this was very important to her. She invited 100 people and 50 gave her an RSVP. She catered, decorated and created her event the week prior in anticipation. 12 people showed up on the night. She was devastated and became so distraught that she tried to commit suicide. 

We Are The Ones

The following is a quote from an unnamed Elder of the Hopi Nation in Oraibi, Arizona.

For me, questioning the quickening of life in this week of full moon and winter solstice, it says everything. Please ask yourself these things to be considered and answer each one. Then take a step back and take a look at your life.

"You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are things to be considered . . .

Justify

We can justify every single event in our lives by attributing cause and effect from various stories. No court in the world could pass judgment against the wealth of pain and suffering and perpetuated evil in the stories that human beings write, live and carry around with them as some sort of badge of honor. 


I wonder how many workshops, seminars, courses, books, religions, saviors and gurus it takes for one human being to simply say “I’m writing a new story. These old ones are done.”