by jlouden | Apr 29, 2011 | Favorites
This post is not about whether Greg lied – this is about how I interact with stories of service. About what I am doing or not doing. This morning I couldn’t sleep. I was thinking about Greg Mortenson. Under-attack hero. 3 Cups of Tea spilled. I thought how...
by jlouden | Apr 26, 2011 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
My assistant Deb gave me this stone for Christmas. I’ve been re-reading Thoreau with my daughter and I’m struck by the same thing I was when I read him as a kid – he makes living by your principles sound like an early Nike ad – just do it. He makes it sounds so...
by jlouden | Apr 12, 2011 | Favorites
I belong to a birthday club. We share a sumptuous dinner four or (hopefully) five times a year in celebration of each of our births. Here’s a picture from our most recent celebration: I share this with you because service happens best when we are connected. When...
by jlouden | Apr 8, 2011 | Favorites
I launched this experiment 8 weeks ago. I can only chuckle at my fantasies of what would happen in eight weeks. I am so good at fantasies. Savoring and serving? Got nothing to do with fantasy. It’s got everything to do with being in your body. Honoring what you...
by jlouden | Apr 5, 2011 | Favorites
Can you feel it? Can you? Please tell me you can because I am feeling it to vastly, so insistently, I can barely sleep. Some days I don’t know what to do with all the energy bubbling up through me, so I go outside and howl with the coyotes. Tell me you feel it. Then...
