Back it up?

Desire without discipline is disappointing.

-- doug smith

Boundaries

Lead with love but manage your boundaries.

-- doug smith

 

A Good Start

Forgiveness may not fix the forgiven but it's a good start,

-- doug smith

 

Stay Young

It might feel like our youth abandons us, but it's always available within us.

Ask questions. Try new things. Meet new people and make new friends. That field of work is also a field of play.

Stay young.

-- doug smith

Secrets

Secrets lead to disappointment.

-- doug smith

Think Again?

What we think we own is always more expensive than we think.

-- doug smith 

Ties

We are bound to each other in ways that cannot be untied.

-- doug smith

Hmmm...

What if absolute truth is relative?

-- doug smith

Creativity Needs Room

Make room for creativity and watch how much it grows.

-- doug smith

 

Moment of Light, Moment of Joy

Celebrate the joy within what is, and then what's missing will appear. The picture is already complete.

-- douglas brent smith

temporary love

Temporary love teaches us to survive the temporary and to thrive in the moment. Given that, we may find that it's not temporary after all...

-- doug smith

 

Let It Flow

Can you tell when you're holding back? Or, are your senses dulled when things get dull and the sparkling shine fades away?

Creativity can act like water: sometimes we need to prime the pump to get it flowing. Let it flow. Move it forward. There will be surprises. There will be storms. I really do believe that the best thing you will ever create has not yet been created. It awaits your initiative, your verve, your motion.

You can't help but be creative -- no need to hold back. 

-- doug smith

Better than not perfect

 "One brilliantly creative idea a day is all that it takes, to undo a hundred thoughtless mistakes."

-- doug smith

Dealing with it

 

We just have to deal with it. It's not new. It's not going to change. The people who are younger than you feel the need to rebel against you. The people who are older than you care so much about their own generation that yours seems insignificant. It doesn't make any of it true, just present.

We might as well deal with it by staying calm, mindful, and attentive to our own approach to multiple-generations. Eventually, if you live long enough, you get to be every generation cliche available.

-- doug smith

Heart and Mind

Love crosses my mind every day. It's when it crosses my heart that it brings me to tears.

-- doug smith

 

Elipses...

I like eclipses...because that implies there is more to the story and that I don't know all of the answers because maybe (maybe!) the emerging nature of the universe (and certainly our perception...) allows new answers to form. 

Maybe we can (do...?) try on new realities just for fun because (maybe...) there is no one permanent reality. (That is not to excuse ALL things or even to explain all things. It is to allow all things whatever is to be.)

"That's crazy talk."

"Yes. But, is it really?"

-- doug smith

 

Tradition?

 

The trouble with revolution is breaking things. The problem with ignoring tradition is that you forget what got you here, and what has mattered before.

Certainly, we don't need to follow tradition without question.

We also don't need to overplay our hand. Nuance is an art. Inspiration is an art. Balance...well, you know...it's an art.

-- doug smith

Begin

One problem too many is where we all begin.

-- doug smith

It's Up to Them

It's hard to be nice enough to make an unhappy person happy.

-- doug smith

Note to Self #1

If it feels pretentious, it is.

-- doug smith