What do snails, mountaineers and you have in common? Way more than you realize!  In our culture, we want to know our answers right now. Got a problem? Here’s the solution. Got an illness. Take a pill. There’s a tendency...

Whether its thick smoke from a nearby forest fire or the haze from a hot and humid day, it’s clear you can’t see very far. Somewhere over yonder is land. Yet, all the visible landmarks for navigation are missing. Heck,...

Imagine if one day the birds stopped singing. The harmonic choral chirping that tickles your skin ceased to exist. The forest suddenly fell flat missing its presence that delighted the day. What if this joy of singing got lost in...

As a human being, you have been given a superpower that no other mammal has. This super power is so extraordinary that it can simply change your life in ways that you cannot even fathom. What if you can create...

Do you feel that everyday feels like a mini earthquake? You are in a constant state of asking, what will knock you off kilter today? You wonder whether or not you will land upright. In today’s world, you may feel that you wobble...

The best time to have a map is before you go into the forest. You may think of this as planning or even preparation. Yet neither is really the case.   Leon, a quite charismatic guy who had the endurance and strength to power...

Character, like a photograph develops in darkness. – Yousuf Karash. What’s your darkness? Change? Chaos? Sudden new rules? Relationships? Work environment? Traumatic events in your past?   No matter your darkness, a certain set of character traits emerge in what circumstances or...