Life...to the max!

...thank you, Walter:

...poetry has figured into my ponder times more than ever so far this year

...a bit unusual for this olde soul

...but welcome

...found this which adds to the journey...........

...fascinating, some still refuse to believe:

...when the topic of modern day slavery comes up

...'tis ultra fascinating that some do not believe it

...met and heard this man awhile back at the Tattered Cover/Colfax, who knows the stats, and has seen the trauma around the world

...truth is hard to believe, even when the facts are in

...more on hard to believe truth in a day or two.................................

...a question often asked:

...Wes, why do you do what you do...is mentoring really as necessary as you propose?

...why do I do what I do?  (...see the poem below, for a partial answer...)

...intentional, deep-change, whole-life, transformational mentoring is crucial to the development of anyone who lives and breathes and influences others in any manner...woman or man

...before Palm Sunday concludes:

...no martter where you are on the planet

...you are encouraged to soak up the direction of these words

...from friends over there in the UK

...for your weekend pondering #11:

...what, in the next 90 days, are you hoping will make your soul come even more alive than it already is?

...what needs to shift in you for the "more alive" to happen?

7,000,000,000:

...rumor has it that the world population will reach that number on Friday, April 9, 2010...whoa!

...and I found this to see how the numbers are adding up...wow!!

...7 billion people...all formed in God's image...wonderful!!!

...can you even imagine?

...30 years ago, this very day:

    Oscar Romero was a Roman Catholic Archbishop in El Salvador who was assasinated/marytred 24 March 1980.  He left us many legacies, particularly an awareness of what we do with systemic evil.  This poem of his has impacted me...often.  May it do the same for you as you live through the seasons of your year and your life:

...you know, he just might be right:

...and thinking he's right has nothing to do with the fact that he's sitting here about 5 feet from me as we create (...really co-create with the Triune...) his future

...but going back over his sincerely amazing blog (...what a treasure trove of insight, wisdom, focus...as far back as you would want to read...) awhile ago, while he sits here carving some important steps into his future, I came across this, which happened every day during the recent Olympics up in BC (...we may need to do this downtown in Denver on the 16th Street Mall some time...any takers?...)

...there may even be dancing in heaven at more times than 4pm!!!

...good days here with this radical friend.......!

...help end it!!!

...this is a song to reckon with

...listen carefully

...and act on the possibilities.......!

...get hopping!

...sitting here in the quiet of our home hacking away with a throat/chest crud that somehow grabbed me and threw me down yesterday (...not in the plan, but put me under a bit, and am now glad for the "snow day" to stay in and get well...even with a valued friend/guest here for a week of intentional, deep-change, whole-life, transformational mentoring...) I'm up early (...nothing new on that...) and most always welcome checking in on email, after some quiet sitting in the presence of the Holy Three, to see who/what shows up in God's computer (...that's an Apple product computer for you who may not yet be living in the "Garden of Mac"...)

...we've a program that let's us screen the unwanted email "stuff" that seems to grow in cyberspace overnight, but a few invited websites seem to help get me thinking and jump start the creative flow for the remarkable work I've been formed, shaped and called to do

...one of those is receiving the latest out-of-the-box thoughts and reporting from FastCompany...like this that arrived today

...granted, not all the topics that show up ring my chimes (...nor should some...), but the awareness of what's happening in our world, for good or for not-so-good (...usually my opinion here...) helps me keep up with edgy, current thinking and trends that are impacting us all

...this group has categories on technology, design (...an increasingly potent topic of interest for me in all I do with developing leaders in some remarkable places and organizations...), ethonomics, leadership, and their varying newsletters supplement well the pricey magazine one can find on newsstands throughout the western world

...check in here and sign up, and get hopping with the other article I highlighted above

...you might just learn something as you eat your daily frog

...and other lively topics of consideration!