Tool #1: The Cradle of Compassion
Compassion, like a Cradle is portable, always warm, and fits right around us when we are feeling frail, weak, and small.
Tool # 2: The Pipe Cleaner of Creativity
Creating can be a lot cheaper than consuming. And always more fulfilling.
Tool # 3: The Bird Feeder of Grace
“You often say, ‘I would give, but only to the deserving.’ The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.” — Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, p. 34 Grace. Human, kind. There’s a funny...
Tool #4: The License Plate of Responsibility, pt. 1
What is a license plate but a tool for telling the world “Here I am. I’m covered. I’ll do my best, and if something goes south, I’m accountable”. This relates to our emotional, spiritual, and psychological worlds, too: We all carry...
Tool #5: The Kleenex of Resilience
Resiliance is not just taking the blow, but healing from it. And getting stronger because of it. Any athlete whose mom has shoved a wad of kleenex up her nose to stop a nose bleed in the middle of the game, knows this. The message: Avoid harm but keep a Kleenex ready, just-in-case.
Tool # 6: The Combination Lock of Humility
The Combination to Humility: Accept, Reflect, Own. This will unlock you from defensiveness.