02. September 2010 · Comments Off · Categories: blog · Tags: , , , , , , ,

I asked my heart what she wanted this morning. Truly. I said, “Heart, what do you want?”

A word to the wise: only ask your heart if you’re ready for an answer. Because she will. It may take time, but she will. Again and again and again.

As I sat in my “dreaming chair” (a weathered Adirondack overlooking the mountains) and sipped green tea, I was the perfect picture of crunchy happiness in the early morning. I waited.

It didn’t take long. The usual suspects came first. Love. A girlfriend. An easy flow. A rockin’ business.

While they were nice answers, I grew suspicious. This was starting to sound all too familiar. I knew that voice –my chatty Gemini mind. But I patiently listened until she was through, went inside, put on my bathing suit and read this. Then I drove down to the river.

As soon as my feet touched water, that’s when my heart opened up. And man, did she speak. More »

31. August 2010 · Comments Off · Categories: blog · Tags: , , ,

Sometimes life just takes big-ass faith.

Faith like a toy car with thick rubber bumpers, except you control the spin. But sometimes, it’s fun to spin and not know where you’ll stop. Sometimes I get out, yell at the car to go faster, slow down, be prettier, be easy, go straight, take the long way. Move. Stop.

It’s good to not know the answers. Better yet, to not know anything. More »