PeaceWalker Blog

I’m just sitting here listening to some Jimmy Buffett (still hard to believe he’s gone…). I’m no parrot head, but I did get a chance to see him a few times in concert… Quite an experience if you ever got the chance. I thought I’d sneak one more email out to you before the weekend closes in. Empty Tank!? One of the negative patterns that I see in a lot of leaders out there is that many themselves last. They take care of everyone else, but they don’t take care of themselves. And that, my friend, inevitably leads to burn out. You’re no good to anyone if you burn out  (not to mention it’s a miserable place to be too!) YOU have to stay healthy. If you don’t have anything left, what are you going to give? It’s hard to be a Protector if you don’t have any fight left in you. If you’re tired, frazzled and burned out, you’re a easier target and sometimes maybe even the instigator. You have to feed your body… Your mind… Your soul. You have to be able to recharge. Most folks are operating from...

  Things just keep getting more and more crazy, don’t they?! It doesn’t matter if it’s politics, work, your family, or yourself… Life’s a bit of a circus and if you’re not careful, you’ll get so caught up in it that you’ll stress yourself right the f*ck out… Before you even realize it, not only are you miserable, but you’re part of the problem. With your buttons pushed, boundaries breeched, and nerves frazzled, you can easily become one of those monkeys or clowns that you complain about. One minute you’re the cool, calm, collected ring leader running things with the greatest of ease…The next * poof * you find yourself flipping out over things that you never thought you would. Next thing you know the monkeys are running rampant, the clowns take over, and the Big Top is burning to the ground. Whaaaaat?! No Wonder You Need a Vacation! So, how do you even have a snowball’s chance of keeping yourself together?! It’s not just about keeping your poop in a group (although that’s a good sta...

  Some May Have Missed My Point Yesterday my email was about you being in charge of yourself, w/o excuses. You having the courage to live Life on your own terms… A free-range human, so-to-speak. However… A few of you out there in our community missed all of that and seemed to focus on the comments I made about the good ole’ US of A. The main point of yesterday’s message wasn’t whether or not this is a great county to live in  (I think it is)  or anything about this or any other party or system,  (flawed or otherwise)… No, no, the point of yesterday’s email was about YOU TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR OWN LIFE! (period) I don’t personally have much control over the weather, the government, world policies or otherwise. Yes, I vote, I fill out surveys, signed petitions, I have written letters to some of our representatives of various positions, I even went to some rallies and a protest or two… No, I’ve never ran for office or started some gigantic protest or movement (other than...

  Freedom & Independence We felt so strongly about individual, liberty, freedom and independence that we founded an entire country around it. Yes, yes, of course things looked a bit different back then. Our idea of what that meant was different. The world was different. However, don’t get lost in that sauce, you can’t look at history though modern eyes, you have to see it for what it was THEN, not now. If you do, you’ll see how significant and forward thinking this country was for ‘modern’ societies at the time. Have You Given This a Thought?! We just celebrated our nation’s freedom & independence… What about YOURS?! Are you celebrating your own freedom and independence in your personal Life?! Do you feel free and independent to Live Life on Your Own Terms? And like our forefathers, are you prepared to protect and defend that freedom and independence? What are you going to do when it’s threatened and under attack?! Now, I’m not talking about a war (foreign or civil) or our ...