Just a few items of interest:

David Edwards, Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation.

As anyone who has been in one of my recent groups will attest, I am a fan of juggling as a self-awareness practice. Juggling is an excellent activity for assisting in the development of grounding, centering, and body awareness. It’s fun, and it’s not hard to learn.

Today I came across this juggling video for beginners, which breaks the process down into simple steps. Check it out.

Recently an old acquaintance sent me this photo of a bunch of kids on a sailboat in 1974. These are all the kids I grew up with. I'm second from the front; the kid shielding his eyes from the blinding radiance of the world...

Me, circa 1982...

This week I was invited to present at the careers day of my old high school. I have not been back to the school for perhaps twenty years, and I am not in touch with any of my peers from that time. So it was an interesting experience, revisiting those old halls and talking to students in grade eleven about how their careers might unfold. I offered them some basic advice: don't plan your career too far ahead, decide on one step at a time, follow what you love, consider your own measures of success (which are not always those of your peers), enjoy, experiment, discover. The various presenters were introduced at the outset of the session in a humorous way: by having the graduation photo and yearbook blurb for each presenter projected onto the screen of the auditorium. There I was, when it came my turn: feathered hair (remember, this was the age of Luke Skywalker), confident smile (hiding my insecurity), one chin. I looked upon this image from my seat in the auditorium and was understandably a bit chagrined. But alongside the photo was my yearbook text entry, which reads as follows:

Activities: Prefect, Wing Captain, 2nd XV rugby and tour, Macbeth, judo, gymnastics, badminton, sailing, debating, France '80, WW I and II.

The file pouch in my briefcase has a file folder called “Current.” This is the place where all the things I’m supposed to deal with today (or this week) are intended to go. But over time this file has morphed…

Frequently, in courses and workshops, we have spirited discussions about the nature and sources of happiness. We talk about the research that has consistently shown no link between money and happiness, about the work that has been done to demonstrate…

I’ve just returned today from a three-week holiday at Shuswap Lake. No phone, no TV, no distractions from what should be the central pursuit of an active and vital existence: windsurfing. Shuswap is not generally a windsurfing mecca, but every…

I’ve just returned from a week in Disneyland. And I’m pleased to report that I had a wonderful time. Both the original Disneyland park — which I have not visited since I was five years old — and its…