This Week In LA

Tonight Ben Stiller is introducing the powerful documentary The Cove at the Landmark Theater. This is a must see film about mass dolphin slaughter that is very well done and gaining high praise from film makers and environmentalist alike. I look forward to meeting Ben and getting answers to some pressing questions.

The folks from Meaningful Media will be there as well as a slew of other activists and actors. We need more films like this to shine the light on the shadow activities happening around the globe. The good stories need to be told too so those of you budding and successful film makers reading this take note, we will support the good news films as well.

Be well.

This Week In LA

Looking forward to a great summer music line up this week with Joan Baez at the Santa Monica Pier tonight, Donna de Lory and others tomorrow at Lululemon and Krishnas Das the grand master of kirtan Saturday night at the Ebell.

You can find me finding my bliss at these events. Be sure and check out the Find Bliss Los Angeles newsletter for more amazing events every week in LA…

Be well.

Swimming Downstream

Living the life of your dreams is like being in the flow…literally. Have you ever been swimming in a river? Take a minute and picture heading out into the river of your choice. If you head out and swim upstream you will get an excellent workout and depending on how fast the water is moving you downstream the scenery will never change. You paddle like crazy but go absolutely nowhere. Kind of like life, paddle like crazy but the scene on shore never changes…plus, every now and then a log comes along or other debris and bonks you on the head. Kind of like life.

But when you clarify your dreams and live them out loud it is like floating downstream. It still helps to paddle but you move with ease and the river provides you rocks and branches and other amazing things but you are relaxed and focused so you can inspect the objects/opportunities as they approach. If the objects are not part of your dream or plan you can easily push them out of the way and continue on your journey or you can climb on and check it out for awhile to get a different view of your surroundings. If it is not what you thought and it is not part of your clarified life plan you can easily slip right back into the water and float along to the next opportunity.

Do You Have a Dream Today?

Is Dr. King’s dream complete now that Barack H. Obama is sitting in the White House? Not even close but it is becoming a walking, talking reality ready to bring the next part of the dream to life. So, do you have a dream? Is it walking and talking? or at least crawling? One of my favorite but sometimes overused quotes is “A rising tide lifts all boats” and I try to use that to my advantage whenever possible.

My dream is to help other people find their true selves and alter their lives so that they are in alignment with this “true self” daily. Now that Find Bliss is out of my head and a living, breathing enterprise is my dream over? Not even close but I am living in joy and feeling challenged, inspired, rewarded and connected every day. This change coming to America and eventually to other parts of the world is a powerful opportunity to make personal changes using the momentum and the global discussion to help realize your personal dreams and make subtle or even dramatic changes to your daily life.

My question to you is …. Do you have a dream today?

Twas The Day Before Change

November 4, 2008 feels like a long, long time ago.

Maybe it is just me but even with all the staff announcements and a few short press conferences over the past two months I feel a bit out of touch with “Hope” right now. Yesterday helped a bit although I chose to watch the playoffs most of the day instead of following the goings on in Washington so it did not have the full affect. Read more