May 30, 2008 Falling Short

I have to ask what I intend with this.  I no longer write every day; I’ll have to get a WIFI, so I’ve fallen short of that intention.  And I have to confess that I don’t even know why I do this… some peculiar form of stubborn.  I think I’ll stop

It’s too nice

It’s too nice

and I don’t trust it
i’ve become a cynic

I just walked Camron
just around the block
I sweat; it’s pretty
it’s pretty and nice
and I don’t trust it
i’ve become a cynic

I remember longing
for days like this
hearing music on the street
rolling Camron to the beat
walking slow
seeing summer coam around
it’s really nice
and I don’t trust it
Like George Bush saying something right
and turning day into a long night
I don’t trust it
i’ve become a cynic,
afraid of beauty
afraid of this one’s
new tomorrow
afraid of beauty
sowing sorrow

knowing that i’m silly
not embracing what is, what’s now;
the devil take tomorrow
I can deal with sorrow
when it comes
why bother with it now
why bother with it now
why bother with it now

April 11, 2008 Showers – on michael lipp

I thought I was being cute, sarcastic but cute.  And there really is a part of the nightly news now on extreme weather.  We no longer have showers, probable thunder storms, flood warnings – the mildest at ball games is ‘rain delays.’

My daughter is having her baby shower on Sunday.  I know that can’t be what this is about, because I said it and I’m finished.

I realized this morning that I should figure out how to share a smattering of the books I’ve read whose authors are known by a dwindling section of humanity.  The more we define people demographically, the less we share.  I suppose that adds a sense of discovery to age-different relationships, but more often, it keeps us separate.  When I was a kid, it was my job to master my parent’s culture – seems opposite now; I have to master my kid’s and grand children’s.

I think that’s why we have a need and a hope to develop a Symposium for high school and younger children.  The Symposium is where I discovered my mission to have the presence of a sustainable environment, social justice and spiritual fulfillment be real for all of us.  The Symposium is Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream.  I’m one of the people who are now trained to lead it.  The next one we’re leading is on April 26th at Poricy Park in Middletown, NJ.

Then, four days later is the Teleseminar I’m leading demonstrating Coaching 2.0.

April 9, 2008 Staffs

I just returned from my second session coaching the staff of a medical clinic.  Invariably I learn more from coaching the=an the clients – well, — not so.  We all get value.

I understand that there are huge firewalls between different levels of an organization – even between separate but equal (ish) levels.  My daughter works for a clinic where there are separate groups for nurses, billing, front desk, etc.  At least my current situation is simple — staff and doctors. 

I thought it was simple – discover what the doctors want and come from that place.  But bnot so, not so.  This will require more learning on my part.  And this applies everywhere.  How do you communicate with people who already know everything there is to know?  I’m just going to leave the question.  I used to be that.  When I took the est training 30 years ago, my ultimate breakthrough was thinking, “I’m stupid.”  That finally allowed me to learn. 

April 2, 2008 A Happening

One of the things I’ve learned (and it’s silly that it’s taken so long) is that there’s inhaling and exhaling.  Duh!
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March 15, 2008 Used to be Tax Day

Felt like spring today – sun stayed around loonger, weather nice.  And there was a tornado in Atlanta.  I’m thankful that I live in a weather-free part of the country.  My wife is taking two of my granddaughters to the park as I type this.

Not much to say today.  More tomorrow.

January 29, 2008 Foggy Day

And it’s not Londontown…no, it seems to be a cold; the fog is within.   I wrote yesterday about this wonderful routine I’ve created.  I should know that that must generate a jinx… No gym today; I took Diamond to school because I wouldn’t subject Camron to me; etc.

So here I am, with beau coup(?) symptoms. I’ve come to relish these kind of circumstances – They test my resolve – to function when circumstances can be used as excuses…

December 4, 2007 The Magnificent 7

I belong to two mastermind groups – If you don’t know what that is, you should find out — See Canfields The Success Principles or Joe Vitale’s Speak and Grow Rich.  They make sense.  When I meet with them, I feel  that I’m meeting with invisible parts of my brain, parts that I love and respect and that think for me in ways that I normally don’t.

Anyhow, one of them has seven membors – hence my title.  I’m inquiring into what I’m doing that causes my requests be ineffective.  It is the great challenge, because without feedback, why am I doing this, for whom am I doing it?  I think I’m writing about creating – am I writing for myself?

This is what I’ve been saying:Look at my website and look at 21 Awesome Results (Click on michaellipp.com/contributioncoaching/services – This is a brand new approach to giving you the benefits of group coaching.  Whether you say yes or no, I’d appreciate your feedback.

November 24, 2007 A Lost Day

Internet did not come up until 7pm this evening and I still have to post my essays, usually delivered on Mondays – They’re written, but I’m in a cocoon.  Oh, well — I’ve become so dependent on the computer – I can backup my files, but have not paid any attention to backing up my connectivity.I’ve become resistant to off-line – interesting how I get sucked in to the current cultural norms.   Feh!

November 22, 2007 Turkey Lurkey

It occurs to me that in 26 years, today will be 11/22/33 – I wonder about the things that occur to me.
Ol’ Turkey Lurkey was one of the creatures who bought into Chicken Little’s assertion that the sky was falling.  I am clear that life as we know it is changing, but I am equally clear that the planet will survive – I hope and work that many of our habits, policies, institutions and behaviors won’t.

Nancy and I celebrate the day after Thanksgiving.  Tomorrow, we saw some years ago that my children visit the other sides of their families:  my ex-wife or their in-laws.  Seems to me that many people are faced with the same problem – Two turkey dinners or one misses out.  So tomorrow we just give thanks and relax.On Friday, the family gathers – we count 18 – 6 children,7 grandchildren and 5 mates – does not include 3 cats, 3 dogs and one turtle named Einstein.