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...
Jul 5, 2011
#98 It was hotter than blazes up in the north country over the weekend. Whew. I hope y’all are keeping your cool — drinking your water and breathing. I have news about my Intention Cards. I am selling them for what they cost me to produce plus shipping,...
Jun 28, 2011
#97 “Like Confucius of old, I am absorbed in the wonder of earth, and the life upon it, and I cannot think of heaven and the angels. I have enough for this life. If there is no other life, then this one has been enough to make it worth being born, myself, a...