Nov 22, 2011
#117 About #115, resistance, Rachel Nelson said, “Very pithy – what am I resisting?” Then she wrote a poem. Free Fall I stand at the edge looking down. A pebble, boot-knocked, plummets makes no sound seems to fall forever sweet release. My place is...
Nov 15, 2011
#116 The responses to last week’s Notes were numerous and varied. I’ll be writing about them soon. But for now, I’m still on the road from Minneapolis to Texas. What a long, strange trip it’s been. Plus, I’ll be gone to Oaxaca, Mexico for...
Nov 8, 2011
#115 I was talking with a Tenacity Notes reader recently, and she said something interesting: Everything is either resistance or non-resistance. I agree with her. In a way, that’s what Tenacity Notes is all about, practices for releasing resistance. But, you...
Nov 1, 2011
#114 We have been in the Twin Cities for longer that we expected, visiting a friend who is dying. Sitting with her, I was reminded of a story, a true story, that I told in a Breath and Water newsletter (#45). I was glad to remember it again, and maybe you will be,...
Oct 25, 2011
#113 This issue comes from two readers. Two stories of transformation: Reader 1. I have had a lifelong tendency to have a negative outlook. My negative outlook has made me unhappy and short tempered. Lately I’ve been following your advice to leave every...