Like any good mother, her desire was to have her child grow bright and bold, and to be full of good humor and wit, and to be generous and courageous and kind.
For, being such, how could anyone not have the most beautiful story?
After all, what is the code and concept of life, of living, of humanity, if it is not to find one's calling and to have that calling be greater than one's self; if it is not to pursue that calling and complete it with joyous self-respect?
Collaborate. Create.Celebrate. Learningas we go, growth is an exciting ongoing experience. Inspiration is everywhere - nurturing us. Extraordinary new births of excellence bloom within and around us. Elements of 'Leadership Beyond The Hero' - a superforce, sharp and superb - bolster us. You're welcome.
I wish I can show you, when you are lonely, or in darkness, the astonishing light of your being.
- Hafiz of Shiraz
An offering from a sage is more than silver and gold; it is the seed of hope, a bud of faith!
Abundantly so Beyond The Hero, there, unsparing in gratitude, joy thrives. Excellence blooms. Wonder stills. Beauty too. Comfort feeds. There, imperishable seeds are planted in good ground. Fruiting. Nourished. Sweet.
May it be so in your grarden, should you desire such blooms.
Shared etchings (gorgeous), like kernels sprinkled by seeded artists across farflung sandy beaches, are sprawled across the lap of infinity. They imprint sands kissed by impassioned tides, sands reverently bejeweled by stars, sands whose thrysts eternal winds and everlasting waters stamp upon the fabric of life, like hickies!
Just like that, with due fanfare, a secret of longevity is fetched - protected - hidden in blinks of impermanence. Did you notice? It is magnificent. Oh! And this too: a person, a people, may choose to ignore, or simply forget; it is human. Earth neither ignores nor forgets. Life suffers neither delusion nor dementia. Beyond The Hero, informed, these sanguine reveals prove invaluable.
The Peace of Wild Things
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
by Wendell Berry
How long is longevity? Our massive sun fizzling from contention extinguishes all parasites, yet is never eliminated from the calculus. Rocks, this cliff, sands, these waters, wind, if only with a single human being - in motion - unmindful of criter and sandfly, fragile, impermanent, scratching soil's spoiled surface, are all every whit vital to the calculus through which their functions reveal infallible truths at every level. So, how short is impermanence? We can do the math.
keep it together
Welcome to episode four of BEYOND THE HERO (part 2) - longevity's hidden secret - curated by Neville DeAngelou. Delightful offerings from blessed sages to a new breed. These reveal a fertile marvel of impermanence. An epiphany! Never erased. Never ignored. Always translated.
Be amazing.
Enjoy actionable discoveries continuously shared - smartly - particularly those that uplift, inspire, promote harmony, expand opportunities, exemplify beauty, and reveal wonder, in other words, those proven to strengthen our emboldened exercise of genuine love through all of love's fertile dimensions, supplying those of us who are blessed and inspired to take action with necessary skillsets to be awesome in our real world. Namaste. Share.
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BE SMART
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Giant leaps grow out from small accumulated steps, and require smart bold moves.
There exists amongst us a breed BEYOND THE HERO - not some sort of stereotype - critical to the call of our moment, growing, expanding, reshaping, and refining, as is necessary for the chimes of our times - extraordinarily participatory, nurturing, nourishing, discovering, unfolding, creating and building, embracing the fullness of life, in full claim of this birthright and privilege of each and every person born on this planet.
In Part 2 of this segment, as we explore, examine and exemplify the learnings and practices of this breed's effective emergent leaders (of all stripes) who are performing apopros to the better values of our times, we are highlighting a few critical elements.
We are WIDE OPEN wholly responsible for making this world a better place.
Today's pivot QUESTION: whatever your level, say you've come to a realization that everything you have within you belongs to you; anything you store or leave outside of you can always be destroyed,
- what is there that is not yet in you, which your journey and your process require ought to be of you, sooner rather than later, lest shifting tides erase it from the sands of your time; also, what is of you that ought to be tossed, quickly taken by tides, lest soon, so rooted, no quake could shake it loose?
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ATLAS
There is a kind of love called maintenance,
Which stores the WD40 and knows when to use it;
Which checks the insurance, and doesn’t forget
The milkman; which remembers to plant bulbs;
Which answers letters; which knows the way
The money goes, which deals with dentists
And Road Fund Tax and meeting trains,
And postcards to the lonely; which upholds
The permanently rickety elaborate
Structures of living; which is Atlas.
And maintenance is the sensible side of love,
Which knows what time and weather are doing
To my brickwork; insulates my faulty wiring;
Laughs at my dryrotten jokes; remembers
My need for gloss and grouting; which keeps
My suspect edifice upright in the air,
As Atlas did the sky.
by U.A. Fanthorpe
BEYOND THE HERO, the skills used along each journey of significance were honed from the hero's journey where no hero can go it alone or come through without being transformed. BEYOND THE HERO, its leaders are of a brand new breed, as we shall continue to discover.
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." _ Mohandas Gandhi
Perspective matters.
"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." _ Sun Tzu
paraphrased: it happens all the time in heaven; it will happen once again on earth: you will take the hand of those, and kneel before them, and say, "How can I love you more? How can I be more kind?"
That's what good leadership does - Leadership Beyond The Hero!
Sound Leadership facilitates (leaves room, creates opportunities) for each and all to be and-or become (to want to be and-or want to become) one's best operational self - uncoerced, without bribery, without quid pro quo.
Action Options to eradicate Systemic RACISM & stop Police Brutality
Remember: this is YOUR LIFE; only you can live it. Live out the expression of your love.
Take Action
"Know what you own. Understand what you claim. Believe you can achieve what you conceive then call it by its name. Mine! The extent to which you have this clarity of mind, this purity of understanding, this strength of belief, you have the fire, the fuel, the impetus, the passion, the determination, the willpower you require to pursue and retrieve your truest desire. But do not claim what does not belong to you. It will not keep you . . . it will suffer you but for only so long."
You are valued. You are important. What you experience is important. Your intention matters. You are a whole being. You are a true wonder. You diminish yourself whenever you pit valued elements of who you are against vital elements of who you are: your intuitive self against your intellectual self, your rational self against your emotional self, your gut against your heart against your head. Don't be put at war against yourself: you are a masterpiece. An intricate being. Human!
In ALL truth: who Shapes The Life You Live?
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advocate
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Life: it is a dance. It gets better with practice; its music is in your heart and in your soul and in your blood and in your bones. Life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. You have a partner – your spirit. You can have a party if you like, but choose smartly who you invite, for life – your life – is a dance. It gets better with practice, unless you stop the music or so crowd your dance floor there is no space to move or be moved within it. Explore. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice until the dance becomes the dancer and the dancer becomes the dance and life and all of existence becomes a singular flow. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. Dance.
Masterpiece
a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship.
tour de force
Who Shapes the Space you live in?
Home is a special place. Love resides there. The best journeys take you there. Hope lives there. Home leaves no question about belonging. Friends belong there. Dreams thrive there. Home is a place of forgiveness. There is no rejection there. Home is a place of rest and recuperation and rejuvination. There is laughter there. Life takes you to unexpected places; love brings you home. At home you are free to flourish. It is where you birthed your wings. Are you there yet? We live amongst viruses and bacteria: some are villains and some are monsters. Don't feed monsters. Villains are everywhere; you are ever in their sights. Be prepared: find your rhythm, stay in balance, keep your values and your vision in focus. Choose your friends wisely. You got this.
Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
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live laugh love
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let your light shine
Come, let us all be friends for once,
Let us make life easy on us,
Let us be lovers and loved ones,
The earth shall be left to no one.
Across the nation and around the world there is a long rumble.
It is a rumble so loud it strikes ready ears as a distant clap of a fierce thunder. It is a rumble so low, it rides beneath the noise of a thousand human fears; it can no longer be heard. Fear of flight, fear of heights, fear of sand, fear of snow, fear of monsters in the closet, fear of bugs in the pillow, fear of cats, fear of bats, fear of strangers at the door, fear of being lost, fear of being laughed at, fear of being stuck in the toilet bowl, fear of whites, fear of blacks, fear of browns, blues and yellows, fear of nakedness, fear of the unknown, fear of being hurt.
Smile. Live. Love. Laugh. Look. Listen. Learn. Be awesome. You are powerful beyond measure. You are not alone. You can do all things. I am you. You are me. We are one. Keep Sharing.
May our light shine on sprinkled seeds along The Journey.
"Live Your Life - Live it well. You are worth it."
Listen. Learn. Lead.
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up." Martin Luther King Jr.Look. Listen. Learn. STRETCH & SAVE! (A Place Called Ah.)
Breathe.
We are accompanied.
Balance - Focus - Rhythm
BE EVER REMINDED:the life you are living is YOUR life; ONLY YOU can live it!
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