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 [...]
Words Can Hurt You
By Barry on May 16, 2012 in assume, assumption, change, choice, communication, forgive, forgiveness, free, freedom, generalization, integrity, intention, judge, judgment, mistake, neuro-linguistic, neuro-linguistic programming, nlp, programming, self, self-talk, serve, service, should, try, victim
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me? How many times as a kid did you hear (or use) that saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” ? In my pre-teen years, growing up in England, that was said so many times, [...]
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 [...]