“Have compassion for everyone you meet, even when they don’t want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.”
- Miller Williams

Yahoo! A new post from the illustrious Tama Kieves, author of This Time I Dance! Creating The Work You Love. This week Tama inspires us with powerful tips on how to own your mojo into the new year. Thanks, Tama!

This year don't set hollow goals or inflated ones, ones that will make up for every choice you didn't make before. That's like getting out a whip-- and calling it a rose. This year I want you to cultivate a power and presence within you that allows you to choose your good all the time, that takes every circumstance of your life and makes it a crucible that uses all of you. You are so much more than one year can offer. You are so much more than a few paltry achievements, even if they sound like the moon to you.

On my recent trip to New York, after much tweeting and Facebooking, I had the pleasure of meeting Sheena Young. I instantly fell in love with her. As we spoke over dinner and then a stroll in the park, we began to see how we might help each other through our passions. Lucky for all of us, I got to interview Sheena on what role Magical Eyes played in her life. Read More...

Letting it in

It came through me like a powerful wind.  I looked down at my hands and noticed I was no longer in complete control.  Certainly I was allowing it to happen.  But the words were writing themselves.  Whatever was coming out was now flowing through me, not from me.  I felt that if I paused, this wave of inspiration would be gone forever.  I raced to keep up with it.