Lewanna

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”— attributed to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Who do you think you are? It’s an interesting question because almost any answer we give begins with something we know about ourselves. I could tell you my name, my history, what I believe, what I’ve accomplished, what I’m good at, what frightens me, and probably give you a reasonably accurate description of the person I have become. But is that...

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou There is an interesting moment that comes after writing a book. For months—sometimes years—the ideas live very close to you. You question them, refine them, rearrange them, wrestle them, and occasionally even give up on them. Then one day the book is finished. It goes out into the world, and what has been a very private conversation becomes someone else’s. I thought finishing The Creative Mind Fully Lived would...

“ There is a Power in the universe greater than you are, and you can use it.” — Ernest Holmes For almost 8 years, we have gathered in Power of Eight circles with a simple intention: to come together, hold goodness in mind and heart, and offer it into the world. Many of you will remember how those meetings felt — the closeness, the sincerity, the quiet power of a small group of people aligned in care and purpose. I often said that we could not possibly imagine how far-reaching the effects of...