I made a commitment to a close friend that I will write a new post to my blog each week at least for a while to share my truth, to express my heart, and to serve the greater good. I was immersed and inspired during the recent Revelation Conference hosted by Agape, with a variety [...]
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Risking It All To Live Authentically
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in authentic, authenticity, calling, change, choice, coach, commit, commitment, date, dating, ego, free, freedom, gift, grateful, gratitude, health, human, humble, humility, integrity, intention, language, leader, leadership, love, partner, passion, photography, purpose, Relationship, romance, self, serve, trust, word
How To Leave While You’re In Love
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in break-up, commit, commitment, communication, date, dating, free, freedom, gratitude, healing, health, human, humble, humility, integrity, intention, love, men, partner, passion, polarity, Relationship, romance, self, sex, trust, women
I wish one of my relationship expert friends would write a specific article on “How To Leave While You’re In Love”. This has been one of the hardest things to do because, right or wrong, I still love him so much. I just had to take a stand for real partnership that I’m committed to [...]
Love Is In The Air!
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in authentic, authenticity, choice, date, dating, ego, emotion, gift, grateful, gratitude, love, partner, passion, Relationship, romance, valentine
(originally posted February 14, 2011) HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! How are you loving today? Enjoying the love of a romantic partner, of your family, of your friends, of your co-workers? Of yourself? Before I get to the heart (sic) of this note, here’s a touch of historic context. Despite the overly produced Hallmark tone of Valentine’s Day, [...]
Being An Eagle In The Eye Of The Storm – Having The Greatest Leverage In Any Situation!
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in blame, care, change, choice, climate, coach, eagle, emotion, flexibility, flexible, free, freedom, gratitude, judge, judgment, Relationship, storm, victim, weather
Roll up your sleeves folks, let’s get to work… First, some questions to prime the pump: How do you feel when that car cuts you off on the freeway? Or does your stomach sink when you see that letter in your mailbox from the debt collector/your ex/the IRS/the credit card company/etc.? Or has your boss [...]
44 in 18*: Adventures in House-Sitting. Lesson 7: Service
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in adaptable, authentic, authenticity, calling, care, change, choice, communication, difference, different, ego, emotion, flexibility, flexible, free, freedom, God, gratitude, healing, health, house-sit, hug, human, humble, humility, initiate, integrity, intention, lead, leader, leadership, purpose, Relationship, self, service, soul, spirit
“I can’t afford to.” “I don’t have time.” “I am too busy.” “It’s not my thing.” If you have said any of these before (and I have too), get a clue! “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are [...]
41 in 16*: Adventures in House-Sitting. Lesson 6: Freedom
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in adapt, adaptable, authenticity, butterfly, caterpillar, change, choice, coach, emotion, faith, flexibility, flexible, free, freedom, galaxy, grateful, gratitude, healing, hitchhiker, house-sit, humility, intention, mental, olympic, olympics, purpose, reaction, Relationship, trust, victim, Victor Frankl
had originally intended to write about a different lesson at this point in the journey. Even though I had written quite a lot, it wasn’t coming together and feeling ready to share. I sat with that for a few days, and during a time of contemplation and reflection, the word freedom loomed large in my awareness (!), [...]
38 into 16*: Adventures in House-Sitting. Lesson 5: Flexibility
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in adapt, adaptable, calling, change, choice, coach, communication, couch-surf, faith, flexibility, flexible, gratitude, house-sit, humble, humility, integrity, intention, mental, nomad, passion, purpose, trust, victim
Looking back over these past months, a fundamental skill I have honed over this time has been my ability to be flexible, not simply in the physical plane about housing accommodations, but perhaps more importantly flexible on the mental plane. Having flexible thinking kept me adaptable, willing and nimble. It is truly the core of [...]
37 into 15: Adventures in House-Sitting. Lesson 4: Choice
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in assume, assumption, choice, communication, couch-surf, ego, emotion, faith, gratitude, house-sit, integrity, judge, judgment, mental, physical, purpose, reaction, Relationship, trust, victim
Believing we don’t have a choice is a lie! Let me say that another way – YOU HAVE CHOICE IN EVERY MOMENT! “It is the ability to choose which makes us human.” Madeleine L’Engle “We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.” Kahlil Gibran “I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it’s [...]
37 into 15: Adventures in House-Sitting. Lesson 3: Gratitude
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in change, coach, communication, couch-surf, faith, gratitude, house-sit, human, humble, humility, integrity, judge, judgment, mental, reaction, self, victim
I remember one evening several months ago, about 9pm, packing up my car from one house-sit that had ended, with no idea where I would be staying that night. I must admit my limited thinking began to show up. I was beginning to wonder if my luck was running out (which is so ridiculous to [...]
37 into 15: Adventures in House-Sitting. Lesson 2: Humility
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in authenticity, choice, communication, ego, faith, forgive, gratitude, house-sit, humble, humility, integrity, judge, judgment, leap of faith, mental, projection, reaction, self, soul, spirit, trust, victim
Humility means different things to different people. For some, it means weakness or being less than. For others it has connotations of shame or chagrin. For still others it means emptying out and being unattached. My own interpretation of humility is closer to the latter – I describe it as releasing of the ego in [...]
37 into 15: Adventures in House-Sitting. Lesson 1: Initiation
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in authenticity, change, choice, communication, emotion, emotional, faith, forgive, gratitude, healing, house-sit, human, humble, humility, integrity, judge, judgment, leap of faith, mental, nomad, passion, physical, purpose, reaction, Relationship, self, spirit, trust
Saying there was a little trepidation as I took what was one HUGE leap of faith is about as accurate as calling the weather in Los Angeles slightly sunny! To give up where I was living and choose to house-sit and couch surf, what was I thinking? Looking back, I recognize that I had absolutely no idea [...]
Insanity
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in assume, assumption, authentic, authenticity, blame, care, coach, communication, emotion, forgive, gratitude, healing, health, human, integrity, judge, judgment, mental, passion, physical, projection, purpose, reaction, Relationship, self, trap, trust, victim
Insanity is a strong word, isn’t it? Do you know someone you believe is insane? How do you feel about them? Does insanity mean something bad to you, something negative or something that is unsanitary or unpleasant? For the focus of this blog post, let’s take insanity out of the clinical and psychiatric and place it into [...]
Care Of The Self
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in care, coach, emotion, emotional, grateful, gratitude, hug, mental, physical, self, spiritual
How do you gauge what’s important to you? Do you consider each opportunity and action before taking a step, or do you run on automatic pilot? Can your daily life be summarized as hitting the snooze button seven times before you drag yourself to the bathroom to blurrily get yourself presentable, then drive impatiently through [...]