The Wise Words of Others

On our bodies...

Surfing in Nova Scotia

"I only wonder why? Why would we live in these amazingly tuned and functioning bodies and not learn to use them to move through space with the grace of birds and fish?"

- Ricardo Antonio Salcedo a.k.a. RAS


On our minds...

Alaias handmade by Nathan

"Is there anything more valuable than peace of mind? We should do much to guard it, & always be grateful for it."

- Nathan Oldfield

Healthy

my table yesterday at Jenni's trunk show

getting up while the newspapers are still on the driveways

the stairs going down

and on the way back up

This past week was spent preparing for a trunk show at my friend Jenni's home. Once that was over, my head was spinning just a touch off its axis. I woke up super early this morning and practiced my new trick that helps keep me grounded. I ask myself what I desire most. The answers came pretty easily. Some of my basic desires are to be healthy and strong, to get in the water more, make more art, and for Jay and I to have our summer vacation in wilderness.

In the meantime, what could I do right now before heading to work? I desired to get up early while the newspapers where still on their driveways, and run to a set of hidden stairs that leads from one street down to another. I vowed to run up and down them 3 times and to do this every morning before walking the dog and enjoying my coffee. Of course, increasing the number of times as I progress. 3 times is hardly the stuff of Gabby Reece, say (my health idol).

This year especially, I have a deep craving to be around wild nature. Thoughts of Wyoming, Montana and Alaska are always with me. The best movie I've seen this year is the documentary of Dick Proenneke's time in Alaska where he builds himself a cabin and lives off of the land, testing himself to see if he's strong enough to withstand a winter and be alone for a year. It's so good that I just can't recommend it enough. This wholesome and profound movie, filmed in 1968, is called "Alone in the Wilderness".



Have you thought about your deepest desires lately? It feels so nice when I remember to. Because when I'm grounded, I know they'll come true.

Taking care of yourself is a business

I work in the software industry and I like to learn about how the business is run. This led me to thinking, our body is a business.

We are each in charge of running our own business. We are responsible for the day to day operations. We can have a very successful business or not, and a lot of it is up to us, the CEO. I want to run a damned good business. I'm the boss of me!

Maybe I can bandy about some terms I hear at the office each day. I have the bandwidth to make my health the strongest and best it can be! I don't need to create an FAQ or a whitepaper on how to do it. Nor do I need a high level presentation or a conference call and run it up the chain, because all I need is right here, right now.

OK enough of that...

On another level, should you try to eat healthy and then have pizza one night, please try not to feel guilty while you are eating it. I had pizza awhile ago, and I told myself, "This pizza is making you strong! This is sustenance! You will no longer be hungry!" Because what is the use if we eat something that's "not good for us" and at the same time, we beat ourselves up about it? Last night I had 4 marshmallows (after trying not to eat sugar) and I thought, "Yum! These are tasty little treats! Hey, no big deal!"

Let's enjoy all of our meals and be the BEST CEO's we can be.