Aug 3, 2011
#106 Last summer, on June 30, in issue #48, I wrote: “I know I’ve talked about this before, but lately the topic has been nudging me something fierce. It wants attention: Expectations. They can get you into such trouble.” Well, the subject of expectations...
Aug 2, 2011
#102 Along the lines of leaving a place better than you found it, I give you a poem by José Martí. The place in this poem could be named conflict. Always leave a conflict better than you found it. Which is quite different from the way we’re used to thinking...
Jul 26, 2011
#101 Here’s a reader’s reply from last week: “What a great 100th Tenacity Notes. Just asking ourselves, ‘what can I do to leave this better’ can bring clarity to every corner of our lives — as helpful in depth as in breadth. Goes...
Jul 19, 2011
#100 This is issue #100 of Tenacity Notes! Wow. Congratulations to all of us for our tenacity. Someone recently asked me what my philosophy of life was. Although I’d never considered that question before, I answered without pause. “Always leave a place...
Jul 12, 2011
#99 “One does not always stay intact.” ~Judith Butler There is something to be said for allowing yourself to be shook up; as opposed to trying to protect yourself from the shaking. There is something to be said for letting yourself be who you are, rather...