Set Sail

Set Sail

In Our Own FIMA, I shared on Focus, Immediacy, Mission/Meaning and Action. I humbly encourage the read. That said, this will be one of the shortest blogs I have ever written. It focuses on Action, the Execution. I have done my strategic planning (and am back teaching...
Our Own FIMA

Our Own FIMA

Monarch Butterflies are stunning; remarkable… in simply being what they are. I noticed this one just today. It stood out. And it got me thinking on being and doing, oddly enough. In The Fruits of Focus back in July of 2023, I shared that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said, “So...
It Is Us, Indeed

It Is Us, Indeed

In Call It a Mission… I noted that Shoghi Effendi said, “There is no time to lose. There is no room left for vacillation.”  I suggest that this is not about panic. It is about noble Purpose, each day lived. Every day, nature practices this, in every Season. The...
Call It a Mission

Call It a Mission

In Live Present, Look Forward… I noted that Seneca said… “Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs...
Live Present, Look Forward

Live Present, Look Forward

It has been a month since I announced the relaunch of Sharpen the Blades. Since that time, I have retired from full time teaching and have blogged on same and more through posts including Own It and The Heroic Protagonist and Character Leadership Education and Return...
Sharpen the Blades

Sharpen the Blades

Waaay back in June of 2023, I last posted a blog here on my website. It was on The Fruits of Focus. In it, I noted “We live in a world that wants to pull us in many directions with all the demands, distractions and even doubts that come with them. So, I am...