I used to wake up early so I could get my training in before it was time to go to work. At 4:00 AM, you could run straight down the yellow line of Main Street like you owned the place. No cars. No people. Just you, the hum of streetlights, and the quiet confidence that …
Tag: life
Is It Such a Bad Thing?
Doing what we love—and actually feeling it I found myself sitting with a question today—one borrowed from the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. She wrote that while in Italy—learning the language, enjoying the food, and more importantly, re-relearning how to enjoy her life—she asked herself: “Is it such a bad thing to live …
Stories We Wrestle With
When A Story Creates Headlocks and Dropkicks Stories have a way of drawing me in close like a headlock… and every now and then, pushing you right back out, like a dropkick. Elizabeth Gilbert does that to me. One minute she’s got me in a headlock… completely pulled into the moment, and the next, she’ll …
The Son of the Angry One
What's in a name? "That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet I came across something the other day about my last name—Ferguson. It’s an Anglicized version of the Scots Gaelic Macfhearghus, often translated as “son of the angry one”… or “son of the …
Windows of Opportunity: Lessons Learned
Old Lessons - New Challenges For most of my working life, I lived in the rhythm of management ... people management and change management. One was about building relationships, the other about guiding transformation. Both demanded patience, awareness, and the ability to read between the lines of what people said and what they felt. As …
Tricks old dogs can learn
There are some things we learn from books and there are things life teaches us. One can assume is that the longer you live the more you'll learn. But, can you teach an old dog a new trick? I believe the answer is yes....we old dogs can learn new tricks....well, some of us. With age …
A Still Boat
Note For years, I written The Bowlegged Blogger... writing about motion. The rhythm of swimming, biking, running, and finding myself through movement. But lately, the miles have slowed (thanks to a new hip and cranky knees), and life's lessons have taken on a different effort. I used to measure myself by distance and time; now …
Endure ..It’s what we do
I saw this sign hanging outside a church in downtown Portsmouth NH. The message was a simple request Hang On America and a reminder ..We can Endure. I haven't been able to shake thinking about the message. This year has presented struggles i.e pandemic, isolation, politics, race, sex and financial issues. But are these new …
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