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Yesterday, I went for a hike and decided to stop at a bench to take a break.  I noticed an ant on the bench, and my first instinct was to flick it away. I can’t tell you how much I abhor ants. But for some reason, I stopped myself.  I thought to myself: “What if I were an alien, and was visiting Earth, and I came across a human?  Maybe I’m a huge alien, like so big that the human can’t really see me because of his limited perspective.   If a human annoyed me, would I just flick it away? Or would I understandRead More →

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When I’m wrestling with something, God rarely whispers. He speaks through the world around me, and today, it was the Morning Glory. Whenever I’m grappling with something, God usually uses my environment to grab my attention so that we can have a little sit down. So, the Morning Glory opens at dawn and closes at dusk…hmm…I’m sensing circadian rhythm is at play here. The Morning Glory is a spiraling vine. I use the spiral in my work as a jewelry designer all of the time. It’s personally meaningful to me, because I’ve noticed that the rhythm of my life is more of a spiral thanRead More →

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Asking a question is a skill that creates space for exploring, understanding, and reflecting on the true nature of something. Once digested, there is energy for movement. Something that I’ve noticed recently is that the art of the question is becoming something of a lost art…simply because we’ve become so used to asking our questions not so much to other humans, but to our computers. What I’m talking about is about how we communicate with each other, in person, not on a screen with emails or texts. So much is lost in translation when we just use words. Tone of voice, body language and contextRead More →

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I almost broke my streak of writing daily today, but I have an hour left before the bell tolls. I had a rough 24 hours getting back home to Virginia. Planes were delayed, and I got back home early this morning, and had to hit the ground running as soon as I got some sleep. But now, things are calmer and I’m sufficiently rested to reflect on what I want to express. The last day or so has really brought home the realization that we are mere passengers in life, and not in the driver’s seat as much as we think we are. This realizationRead More →

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Yesterday, I visited a place in the Rockies where limestone is transformed into marble. It was a heck of trip over the mountains on a forest service road from Crested Butte to Marble, but worth the effort. But what is marble, exactly? Marble starts out from limestone. Limestone is the accumulation of life that has been hardened into sedimentary rock made up of mostly calcium carbonate. Millions of years ago, the sea covered this area, and the tiny skeletons of gazillions of sea creatures hit the ocean floor and eventually hardened into limestone. Limestone is a very porous material… soft and brittle. But here’s whereRead More →