How to Be a Great Leader-Lessons from the Dalai Lama
What an incredible treat it was to see the Dalai Lama in person in Washington, DC a couple years ago. I’m not sure what I expected, but simply being in the same room with this wise and kind master deeply moved me. He spoke of all the word’s religious traditions and how important it was for us all to be familiar with the beauty in all of them. Repeatedly, I have heard him tell students to stay precisely where they are in their own traditions; to glean wisdom from the 2500 year old Buddhist practices and allow what they learn to enhance–not detract from–their own teachings on love...
Read MoreInspiration : Mark Twain Footage, 1909
“All generalizations are false, including this one.” ~ Mark Twain So am I the only one wondering how many times he quipped during the filming of this amazing footage? Too bad I can’t read lips. It would be so wonderful to know what he actually said! This article and photographs are by Susan J. Preston, a Taos web designer who has specialized in the creation of websites, interactive presentations and animation since 1995. She resides in Taos, New Mexico. All images: © 2012, Susan J. Preston, All Rights...
Read MoreImprovisation is inspiration with Bobby McFerrin
Why don’t we sing more often, when we want to? ~ Bobby McFerrin The startlingly original voice of Bobby McFerrin – there’s nothing else like it in the world. The thing I love about this interview is the territory he covers on the subject of improvisation. Let go and simply expressing in the moment without attachment to outcomes – that’s life at its BEST, it’s freedom. I didn’t know how devout a Christian McFerrin is. You can really see and hear a passion exuding through him as he describes his faith, discussing the musicality in various religions, chants and his...
Read MoreInspiration ~ Will I be pretty?
Poet, Katie Makkai simply nails our cultural concept of “pretty” right on it’s maniacally ugly head! Where do you find fulfillment and how do you wear JOY? Let’s teach our young women (and ourselves) to become pretty INTELLIGENT! pretty AMAZING! pretty TALENTED! pretty INSPIRING! … and that goes for men being hot and handsome too. Susan J. Preston is a designer who specializes in web, print, branding and advertising in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She works with clients from New Mexico to Washington DC and all the way back to California. For more information,...
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