The race is long. And in the end, it’s only with yourself.
These are the lessons I’ve learned over 35 years.
Bring the gift of intention
Transform habits into rituals
Remember how you wish to live
Read the signs of a dispirited life
Treat your dreams well
Put your imagination to work
Hold fast to the ability to dream new dreams
Have faith in your discontent
Trust the frontier
Learn to operate in the dark
Journey towards possibility
Allow the search to stir the soul; fan the flames of hope; choose the path with heart
Stop comparing
Embrace your limitations as well as your potentials
Find the context for your genius
Embrace the process of meaning making
Build Cathedrals
Mirror your values while awaiting purpose
Believe in the invisible forces
Don’t be a stranger
Befriend yourself
Be careful what you pretend to be
Be careful what you think you aren’t
Don’t be defined by the roles you play
Dare to act out of character
Live in the question of “Who am I?”
Befriend the unknown
Feed courage with an inner mentor
Take the hundredth blow
Take the unknown one piece at a time
Accept your seasons
Allow darkness to be a gift
Cultivate patience for cycles
Allow added value to spring from the heart
Make generosity a habit
Practice royal giving
Claim your power
Choose to respond instead of react
Live knowing you will die
Choose important over urgent
First move, then enjoy momentum
Finish each day and be done with it
Select carefully to which you belong
Rest in the warm pockets of the world
Find belonging in your longing
Develop an inner conscience
Embrace life as a journey of becoming
Choose abundance over scarcity
Make the connection between thoughts and words
Know when to change the channel
Redefine your wealth and rediscover your riches
Don’t make history repeat itself
Recognize your teachers
Be easily pleased
Feel with the whole heart
Be willing to be considered a fool
Believe in impossible things
Refuse to be tamed by the world
Always be inquisitive
Recognize your fellow humans
Judge none
Be hasty to be kind
Make balance a priority
Don’t mistake busyness to engagement
Practice simplicity
Honor solitude
Learn to say no
The secret of the universe is simply paying attention
Let mysteries have a place in you
Seek to know your soul so it can speak to you
Take the high road in life and in work