If you feel like you have an overwhelming number of things to do –– it might be true. If you feel like you can never clear the deck for more than a moment — it’s probably true. If you can’t keep all your ducks in the row –– you’re not alone. All of these are…
Tag: intention
A little Intentional Quiet: Soul Sculpting Project
Sometimes I walk on winter days when the snow absorbs so much sound that the silence is palatable. When I stand still all I can hear is a bird pushing its wings against the air above me. In the late fall I walk in the aspens. All summer long the birds and leaves spend their…
Exploring Slow, Continuous Improvements: Soul Sculpting Project
Exploring Slow, Continuous Improvements: Soul Sculpting Project What needs improving ? I need better physical health specifically, I need to move my body more. What small movement could I do to increase my movement? I could go to the gym every day. Too big, ask again. What smaller movement could I do to increase my…
Soul Sculpting Project: Playing with Habit Design
Soul Sculpting Project: Playing with Habit Design The most depressing day of the year is almost here. The third Monday in January. That’s the day when the hopes of keeping our New Year’s resolutions begin to die. To keep my hopes alive this year I am pulling out my biggest power-tool for behavioral change. Habit…
Soul Sculpting Project: A New Rhythm of Prayer Eat, Sleep, Pray: Creating a Circadian Day Part 3: Pray
Soul Sculpting Project: A New Rhythm of Prayer Eat, Sleep, Pray: Creating a Circadian Day: Part 3: Pray I did not grow-up with a daily rhythm of prayer. Did you? When I reached my mid-teens I began a daily prayer rhythm with a time in the morning and a time at night. Though I had…
Soul Sculpting Project: Design a Habit
Soul Sculpting Project: Design a Habit Behavior change is hard business. If it was easy we would have already made the change. Brother Lawrence wanted to make a change in his behavior. For him the change was in how he connected with God. Instead of the on and off connection with God that he had…