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Day 360: The Perfect Antidote to the Over Thinker

Posted on July 29, 2019

Creative improv is so fun. I love to improvise and create spontaneously.I am realizing more and more how much I work this way in many ways. I do it when I rap,…

Day 359: Get the Gift of Your Past

Posted on July 28, 2019

I have long been on a search for greater clarity about my life: specifically, what it means to be happy, what ways of thinking promote happiness, and what I truly value in…

Day 358: Just Because They’re Habits, Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Change Them…

Posted on July 27, 2019

Today I saw this quote on an Abraham-Hicks group page on Facebook: “It should only be talked about if the talking will make you feel better. It is of no value, ever,…

Day 357: Overcoming “Money in & Money out”

Posted on July 26, 2019

Like most kids, when I was a kid, I thought of money as being primarily about earning and spending. I thought of getting an allowance, say, or getting a paper route (even…

Day 356: “The Artist’s Way” and Open Creative Valves

Posted on July 25, 2019

Back when I was in high school, a friend of mine interested me to an interesting book called “The Artist’s Way.” In it, author Julia Cameron designed a workshop of sorts–on paper–where…

Day 355: Dump the “Should!”

Posted on July 24, 2019

For much of my life, I was susceptible to a particular brand of confusion that generally clouded up my thinking and weakened my resolve. Though in many ways this type of thinking…

Day 354: Appreciate Yourself

Posted on July 23, 2019

This morning my mind decided it was time for us to take a sojourn into the Land of Self-Judgment and Inner Dissatisfaction. Yes, Halloween arrived early for my brain, and so it…

Day 353: Ever the Renegade (Original Rhyme)

Posted on July 22, 2019

Let’s face it, I’m tired. Yet I’m requiredto rap this, my tastes and desiresare made to be fired up everyday that I’m at this, I’m basically wired to practice, it takes me…

Day 352: No One Else Can Do It For You

Posted on July 21, 2019

There comes a time in a person’s journey when they learn that in order to be happy they have to embrace who they are no matter what others may think. There comes…

Day 351: Abundance and Winning at Toy Blast

Posted on July 20, 2019

Abundance and success is a positive-feedback loop that tends to add to itself and repeat continually. The more you have, the more you will be given, to re-phrase the Bible. I love…

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