Sailing – May 20, 2012 Meditation

Sailing Let me make a disclaimer right at the beginning here, I know hardly anything about sailing and so I won’t be teaching you how to do it. I ran across this quote, and coupled with today being a beautiful breezy day I just imagined a leisurely sail on a lake, or something like that. “A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.” (English Proverb)

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Friends – May 19, 2012 Meditation

Friends “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” (Henry Ford) Yesterday I wrote about goals, setting them and laying out a strategy for achieving them, even if slowly. In yesterday’s piece I mentioned having a friend help you work out how to achieve your goal. I wonder how many of us feel free to approach a friend with such a task? I also wonder if our reluctance is due…

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