"I KNOW all humans have a spark of divinity within them and that spark grows into a flame when we are creating and building something good. We're all accountable for our own spark, and my job is to help people recognize and fuel their spark to its full potential."
I just read this again after 20 years, it's too important not to post prominently:
"The most profound choice in life is to either accept things as they exist or to accept the responsibility for changing them." - The Universal Traveler, p. 41 (emphasis added)
Many people think the three most powerful words in the world are: “I Love You.”
I think they’re wrong.
I think the three most powerful words in the world are:
Can You Imagine?
Just after I turned off the paved road on my way up to work from home this afternoon, a black bear crossed the road in front of me. It climbed the bank on the driver’s side of the road and sat there as we looked at each other. This is only the second time I’ve encountered a bear in the wild. The first time was on a golf course north of Vancouver BC back in 1999.
Some say there is significance in the animals that cross our paths - especially in cases like today and back in 1999. Unusual cases like today stand out in myth. I don’t know the significance of this encounter, other than making me stop for a minute and appreciate.
Maybe it shows I just need to invest in a camera-phone! 
Maybe it has something to do with turning 40 this Saturday and “coming out of hibernation.” We’ll see. In any event, it was very cool.
Sometimes I feel like I’m ahead of the curve, and sometimes (like just now) - when I find something awesome that I had no clue about until just this moment - I feel like I’m the last person to the party.
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I’ve been asked to write quarterly columns in the Northern Colorado Business Report. Here’s a link to the first.