A Hunger for Joy — Lorca’s TEDx
I found when I had told this story here that I had never told it before — not like this. We find the opening when what needs to be...
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Sep 22, 20171 min read
The Why of Glasses
The Why of Glasses I missed my glasses. Folly to mourn healing of the cranium, the return of equilibrium in the timing of an eye’s focus,...
Apr 13, 20173 min read
Would you like to hear the eulogy at your own funeral?
“And you would be…?” Good morning, dearests. Would you like to hear the eulogy at your own funeral? I think I just did. I had a rare...
Dec 21, 20162 min read
“You Can Do This Hard Thing”: The Odd Road to Tougher
A firefighter told me yesterday that when he started working with me on his resilience he was excited because he thought that he was...
Dec 2, 20161 min read
How to Eat Love
Love is going out to kill a turkey in 20-degree weather so that your wife can tend other things. And love is still liking the man who is...
Oct 19, 20166 min read
The Sermon of Lorca’s Animals
Last year’s sermon of animals was a flow coming from multiple places of animals in the life of family and field, forest and farm, and it...
Oct 19, 20162 min read
Profanity for Children
Profanity for Children I refrained from swearing near my young children, not precisely for their sakes, but as much in love for the...
Mar 6, 20162 min read
Ignite Your Creativity
Teaching is about information and understanding. Coaching, however, is for intuition and implementation. Here’s a 2-minute video if...
Dec 8, 20151 min read
Luminations — Being flame…
luminations noun, plural. 1. Gleams, glimmers, perspectives, clarity. See also, dawn, morning, simplicity, resilience, work, love,...
Dec 1, 20151 min read
Luminations — Loosening A Grip on Overwhelm
luminations noun, plural. 1. Gleams, glimmers, perspectives, clarity. See also, dawn, morning, simplicity, resilience, love, home. 2....
Nov 14, 20151 min read
Fighting terrorism from where you are
Dear ones, this morning I, too, am torn, deeply sad and sorry and worried, reaching out to friends to know they’re safe, aware...
Sep 28, 20154 min read
Radical Awakeness: Living Among Animals
I was invited to share today in part because my life and my work has become embedded in so very many animals. Our river farm is and has...
Jan 22, 20152 min read
Resilience Myth #3: The Awesome Work Ethic
In the last post, we looked at the resilience Myth #2: “I’ll evade burnout with careful time management.” So stop and think for a moment...
Nov 4, 20142 min read
This I believe.
We are all together on this ship and some of us will die sooner. Some young. I will grieve again, and comfort. It may be me. Those of...
Feb 18, 20141 min read
Burnout is an open door.
Sometimes I feel I must be an alien, because I really, really love to talk about death, and about burnout. But this is really why. When I...
Feb 6, 20143 min read
Resilience is Power. And Peace.
“I just wanted myself back, and then to create something more. After what I’ve been through, I am not going to settle for an average...
Dec 5, 20131 min read
Think you’re nervous? Try on gleeful.
There is HUGE power accessible through this observation, through raising my personal antenna for the experience of the symptoms and then...
Nov 4, 20131 min read
Death, Joy & Homing Pigeons — Pecha Kucha Bozeman
#astonishment #doverelease #homingpigeons #ceremony #whitedoves #beauty #awareness #education #mindfulness #thetenthousandthings
Jul 25, 20132 min read
On living on the right side of the tapestry.
It doesn’t matter what it shows, though I believe there is a pond, a distant house and some small horses. The silk colors were lovely. ...
May 27, 20131 min read
Survivors, Creativity and Leadership presentation at the Bozeman Public Library
Lorca Smetana From Chaos to Beauty: Survivors, Creativity and Leadership Brown Bag Lunch Presentation at the Bozeman Public Library...
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