The V-Word

“What is without periods of rest will not endure.” -Ovid

Rest is not the opposite of effort; it is the source, the nourishment, the energetic food for all that we aspire to accomplish. Most of us never really learn to savor the sweet release of rest… instead we give in grudgingly to our exhaustion, sleeping just enough to get up and start all over again, but never really surrendering to the...

“If everything is imperfect in this imperfect world, love is most perfect in its perfect imperfection.” –Gunnar Bjˆrnstrand

We strive for perfection even as we would readily admit that we and life are far from perfect. Things gone wrong, small errors in calculation, misjudgments are all part and parcel of life in 3D on earth. Learning to see the imperfections and failures that our life...

Susan Griffin-Black is co-founder of EO® Productsand a pioneer in the organic and natural personal care products industry for over 15 years. As a Green Business entrepreneur and industry innovator, her company products are free of unnecessary chemicals and produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. The EO corporate philosophy of “Love Life-Live Clean” infuses not just the natural and...

“If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things.” ~Confucius

I have been naming and renaming my book, which will be released this year for months now. Each time I get closer to the core of what I am trying to say on each and every page. The last title: “Love that Works: A Good Clean Love Guide to Enduring Intimacy” feels like the truth of not just my...

“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.” -Emily Dickinson

My goal for the day was to enjoy it. I am working to break things down to the most basic elements, to not get pulled off course. In recent days, my business aspirations have been building to a crescendo and I am certain that life will be different soon. I wake up with my prayers for gratitude, full and vibrant....

“For nothing is fixed, forever and ever… it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other,...

“Life: a cycle. A series of events, meetings, and departures. Friends discovered, others lost, Precious time, wastes away. Big droplet tears are shed for yesterday, but are dried in time for tomorrow, until all that remain are foggy, broken memories of a happy yesteryear.” -Daniela Gallo

Today I am reliving the past in the present and releasing it into the future. My doula and nanny from...

“Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive — the risk to be alive and express what we really are.” -Don Miguel Ruiz

The global tour of the Banff film festival is in Eugene this weekend. The short videos selected among hundreds of entries from extreme sports enthusiasts are mind boggling. From the free form skiing off of tops of mountains, to...

“To love and win is the best thing, to lose and love, the next best.” ~ William Makepeace Thackeray

I came home the winner tonight from the local entrepreneurs speed pitch competition. Eleven companies had three minutes to tell their stories and then the room of business investors and entrepreneurs voted. It’s no easy task to share the power and vision behind your life’s work in three minutes....