Make someone great.

"Make someone great."  That line/philosophy was passed onto me this week in my mastermind coaching call. I can't stop thinking about it. It is so simple, yet so absolutely amazing as a life practice. A compliment. An offer of help. A surprise sunflower on her desk at work....

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What you see is what you get.

This morning when I was walking down Mission Street here in San Francisco, I was noticing how gritty and dirty the street looked. Litter and grime kept catching my eye.And then, wonders of wonders, some grace dropped in and I was reminded of a great teaching my son offered to me when he was three...

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Where would you look?

I've been lying low the past number of weeks. The combination of a life-changing Zen retreat and the death of my grandmother have left me rather speechless. Extraordinarily quiet. Listening. When I returned a few days ago — from the trip back East for the funeral — I saw this...

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