From Pulse to Fingertips

1. I am principle-centred

2. I see the big picture

3. I trust my natural responses

4. I do the right thing and accept the consequences because I am responsible

5. I help people – “Service to others is the rent you pay for your time on Earth.” – Muhammad Ali

6. I lead without “leading”.

7. I am a life-long learner and I teach by sharing

Express yourself completely, then becomes quiet.
Open yourself to heaven and earth,
and be like the forces of natures.

When the wind blows, there is only the wind;
when it rains, there is only rain;
when the clouds pass, the sun promises to shine.

If you open yourself to insight,
you are at one with insight
and you can use it completely.
Open yourself to heaven and earth,
then trust your natural responses;
and everything will fall into place

~ Lao Tzu

9 awesome years with my totally hot girlfriend!

I’m so addicted to my Babycakes
Just like the Great Lakes
Are to water and fish
My Babycakes is a real dish

Peter Harris bought this guitar from Lenny after Lenny got into his 7-string. During one of our lessons at Humber College in Toronto, Peter put Lenny’s guitar in my hands. I still remember how it felt. The neck was wide and set up like a classical gut string acoustic. I played a few chords and then a chord melody arrangement of “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” that Peter was coaching me on. Man, that guitar just about played itself. I was really, really humbled by that guitar, knowing how many hours Lenny and peter had put in on it.

Excerpt from “The Genius of Lenny Breau”

After Peter passed away, I’d always wondered what happened to that guitar.  Some think that one of Peter’s sons inherited it, but no one knows for sure.

Lately I’ve been caught up in being “caught up”.  A few years ago I put together a personal mission statement to help remind myself of the big picture.

My Mission Statement

1. I am principle-centred

2. I see the big picture

3. I trust my natural responses

4. I do the right thing and accept the consequences because I am responsible

5. I help people – “Service to others is the rent you pay for your time on Earth.” – Muhammad Ali

6. I lead without “leading”.

7. I am a life-long learner and I teach by sharing

The Animal School

Dr. R. H. Reeves

Once upon a time, the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “New World,” so they organised a school. They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easy to administer, all animals took all the subjects.
The duck was excellent in swimming, better in fact then his instructor, and made excellent grades in flying, but he was very poor in running. Since he was low in running he had to stay after school and also drop swimming to practise running. This was kept up until his webfeet were badly worn and he was only average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school, so nobody worried about that except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of the class in running, but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeup in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustrations in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of from the treetop down. He also developed charley horses from over-exertion and he got a C in climbing and a D in running.
The eagle was a problem child and had to be disciplined severely. In climbing class he beat all the others to the top of the tree, but insisted on using his own way of getting there.
At the end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim exceedingly well and also could run, climb and fly a little had the highest average and was valedictorian.
The prairie dogs stayed out of school and fought the tax levy because the administration would not add digging and burrowing to the curriculum. They apprenticed their children to the badger and later joined the groundhogs and gophers to start a successful private school.

We’ve heard the stories coming out of the US about drywall imported from China emitting harmful gasses and corroding wiring, but we have found no evidence of this stuff making it’s way into the Canadian market.

Check out this story from the Journal of Commerce