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An Open Letter To Leaders: Do Your Job
If you are an Elected Official, Religious Head, Business Owner, Manager, Respected Community Member, Grandmother, Father, or if someone looks to you for guidance in any way, you are a leader; this is for you. II firmly believe that problems, challenges, and hardships are genuine gifts, presenting opportunities to excel and shine. Your job is to lead the way. Before the seemingly impossible challenges from ALS, I was a manager who specialized in rescuing businesses that appeared to be beyond the point of saving. My experience has always been, the bigger the disaster, the bigger the reward on the other side. When the disaster was my health, and I was faced…
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The New Normal – How to Thrive, Prosper and Succeed
I am so sorry this is happening and would love things to be normal again. It is heartbreaking to see so many of the people I care about hurting so very much. Truthfully, I’m pissed that it is being so mishandled by EVERYONE in power. First of all this is not political. People of all affiliations, beliefs, ages and economic circumstances are being affected by this disease. It is time to come together as neighbors and community members that have a heck of a lot more in common than not. We need to quit focusing on getting back to the way things were and trying to recreate “normal” Trust me,…
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Responsible Re-opening – Danger vs Destitution
UPDATE- April 21, 2020 – After The Vote Sierra County New Mexico still has ZERO Covid-19 cases, is home to Truth or Consequences and the NM State Veteran’s Home which is the only Nursing Home for Veteran’s in the State. The three, all Republican, County Commissioners just voted unanimously in support of the plan to immediately Re-Open Non-Essential businesses. Commissioner Day expressed concern that the State’s Protective Measure cure is worse than the disease, fearing the fallout from the severe economic hardship, in a County that was struggling, even before the Pandemic. The plan, drafted by the New Mexico Business Coalition at the urging of GOP and Rep. Steve Pearce, has…
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Eight Steps To Emotional Harmony
Right now, we are continually cycling through our emotional arsenals. We are confronted by fear, sadness, confusion, anger, anxiety, and frustration daily and sometimes hourly. These emotions are not supposed to paralyze, wear down, hurt, or damage us, yet that is so often how we experience them, especially now, and it’s not at all surprising. As a society, we have no idea how to handle or express any emotional experience considered “negative” or “bad.” The universal responses to children’s emotions are causing emotionally illiterate adults. Children are taught, with the best of intentions and genuine care, lessons that last a lifetime. Consistently kids are urged not to cry or be upset…
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Making Fear Your Friend With Transformation
Realistically Coronavirus is a huge threat to me and to a lot of the people that I love the most. I didn’t truly understand just how heavily it was weighing on me until I tried to edit a video that I intended to just be about a motorcycle ride. Every time I pointed the camera at myself, to talk about the places that we were experiencing, I ended up focusing on the importance of everyone just Staying Away From People so I was left with a truth that I was (ashamed of?) (afraid to?) seriously resisting sharing. I was so surprised to discover that I’m still automatically only wanting to show…
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10 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self
When my body finally quit working, (as in completely shut down), I found myself flat on my back, in the hospital with an alarm on my bed. The alarm would go off every time I attempted to stand up and it was completely necessary. I couldn’t be trusted. To. Just. STOP. You see, my body had been trying to tell me for so long and my friends and loved ones had been attempting to get the point across for even longer. There was absolutely nothing that could get through to me to prevent the wreck that everyone saw happening, except me. As I lay in the hospital, (after finally accepting…
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Ignorance is bliss?
My sister went off to college when I was about 11 and in an instant I lost my unwilling idol. About the same time Andee, my cousin moved to town to live with her dad, Uncle Pat. I kept my horse at Pat’s house, in a pasture next to a pond full of trout and catfish that we had to protect from the boys and their fishing poles. Andee was 6 months older than me and lifetimes tougher so of course, she instantly replaced the void my sister had left. My Mom was full of wisdom and was light years tougher than anyone else I knew, even Andee, so when she…
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The Birds Know the Secrets…
Chapter One of a Novel that’s coming soon… ... the bus bounced over the road straddling a baked pile of hair that had once been alive and flattened a reptile that frantically tried to outrun it’s impending doom while inside the bus Ruby’s heart became ever more hardened as her defenses tried to overcome her inevitable defeat. She sat directly behind the driver, hoping for some respite from his proximity all the while knowing deep down that there would be none. Her measured breath didn’t waver as her fellow passengers tormented her, pulling out her hair one strand at a time to keep a morbid count of cruel comments and…
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Ride On – Cross Country Disaster on BMW Supermotos
When Lucas turned 16 and I turned closer to 40, I decided we needed motorcycles. I claimed it was to celebrate his driver’s license and graduation from dirt to street riding, knowing full well that everyone recognized the beginning of a mid-life crisis. We stepped off the plane in Orlando with backpacks full of tents and underwear, wearing full leathers our helmets tucked under our arms. Not wanting to waste any time we went straight to the dealer to pick up the matching bikes we had purchased online. Supermotos, I found out, are just glorified dirt bikes with extra lights, street tires and a plank for a seat. Before we…
Shadow Healing for Light Reaching
