I'm working on this new book right now on creativity and change... and interestingly, I rarely look into what others are saying on a subject for I want to maintain the purity of my own voice, my own work and content so I tend to limit how much I'll search out other experts until I'm ready.
Well a funny thing happened this morning as I was ready to start writing. First, a piece of admin, I needed to find some information about a Teleseminar I had put on my calendar without enough detail... So I went about doing that, when in the process, I literally by shear accident of a computer glitch, stumbled onto the website of a very interesting expert on Leadership and Change - a woman I'd not known before. So I took some time to review her work and I really liked her energy and presentation style, so I thought I would share...
Sheila Murray Bethel, PhD, works with global organizations and audiences on leadership and change ~ She has a new book coming out very soon called "A New Breed of Leader" that looks like it might be very interesting for some folks ~ If you're interested, check her out at www.bethelinstitute.com.
And now... back to my writing!
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at www.growing-gold.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Free
Sharing this little something that came spilling out when I sat down to write on the book yesterday... Funny, as I read this again now and get to the bottom, it makes me think of a news clip I saw the other day, where people were talking about the economy, and one young man said something like "well, I'm just having more sex, cuz, it's free and what else is there to do anyway?"... I'm thinking... he just might have a point there!
Being scared
Running cold
Fast
Moving so fast
Slow down
Just slow down
Turn so quickly
Don’t forget
The good things in life
ARE
Free
When I wrote the above, it came out of nowhere and actually made me think - really it's true... the good things in life ARE free... like nature's beauty, smiles on the street, a friendly gesture, love from above... and perhaps it's time to realize that truth! The funny clip about the young man on the news came to me as I was posting this here... cuz ya know... there's always that too!
Hm....
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at http://www.growing-gold.com/
Monday, February 23, 2009
Into the Ice Box?
Nothing like a good deep freeze to get the creative juices flowing...
"Huh?" you say... "isn't that a bit counter intuitive?"
Yes! Though “flow” might seem more likely in warm waters, for me, it is different. I love the cold far north... So I am off to get some work done! Working away on the new book, recordings to come and even more interactive fun... and all that coming from the frozen north!
There’s something strangely comforting and productive for me in tucking away in a barren place where there’s almost NO people… for deep connection to the land, the spirit of place and far reaching roots that seem able to stretch round the globe if I choose. It’s the spirit of Denali this time… the mighty largest of mountains in
And with the brilliance of the internet and cell phones, I'm still just an ear shot away by phone and email – even better than in LA – I’m always eager to connect! I’ll be here for a time 'til the work is done, before the great spring melt comes, so please feel free to reach out anytime ~ even to just say hello!
Signing off for the moment, with blessings from the shadows of Mt McKinley in the Great White North where the night sky lights up like a Christmas tree when the spirit of the north sings her praises!
Much more to come...
Learn more at http://www.growing-gold.com/
Saturday, February 7, 2009
No Going Back
(an excerpt on witnessing the "changing tides in life")
I realize today as I revisit this place that I lived a full seven years ago – that there really is no going back.
What is here now is a different set of circumstances, different relationships, different perspectives, hopes and dreams, different people… And even if they were the very same individuals - taken like a snap shot seven years later - there still are so many life circumstances – heaps of life experience – that shape us continually into being the "who and what we are" that the passage of time itself simply creates new waves, new wrinkles in the fabric of our persons… and so if only for that, it would seem that simply the passage of time itself creates change.
We each change over time, and therefore the collective of "the we" also changes. We cannot go back when we have passed through time… we can revisit the same physical place, even with the same physical people, but still, there can be no going back.
Which leads me to appreciating the precious times we have - the eras in our lives - when we have certain relationships in place, nice routines, or rhythm - and that when we have a good rhythm going on in our lives, in our circles, surroundings, circumstances - when things are humming along – it is in those times that we might rejoice... for there is a harmony occurring...
There is a rhythm that has come into our time… a synchronicity, a beauty, a fluid flow for what’s going on that is a good thing… that is smooth and sweet… and should be honored, acknowledged, recognized for its beauty - like noticing a lovely rose or beautiful sunset…
There are times in our lives, when it is simply right to notice… the beauty of the era… the "moment" of life we are living… for the grace it presents… for the flow it presents… for the ease that is present... perhaps in simply knowing we are loved, joyful, harnessed with food and housing and all needs met… There is a time to acknowledge… the beauty, the rhythm, to honor when we find it is present. Even when we do not know how things will go next… for we never really know how things will go next at any time, as things are always changing.
There are times when it's appropriate to honor and recognize the beauty of our life… the greatness of the people and times… even if we always think it should be better, for the times will always change… things will be different again, as the ebs and flows of a lifetime always move on... and things just won’t be the same anymore.
Things are always in the midst of change… and so - we've got to see when it is good – and say Thanks!
I'm grateful for the times of ease... and more than anything, for the times of peaceful people!
Thanks!
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at www.growing-gold.com
I realize today as I revisit this place that I lived a full seven years ago – that there really is no going back.
What is here now is a different set of circumstances, different relationships, different perspectives, hopes and dreams, different people… And even if they were the very same individuals - taken like a snap shot seven years later - there still are so many life circumstances – heaps of life experience – that shape us continually into being the "who and what we are" that the passage of time itself simply creates new waves, new wrinkles in the fabric of our persons… and so if only for that, it would seem that simply the passage of time itself creates change.
We each change over time, and therefore the collective of "the we" also changes. We cannot go back when we have passed through time… we can revisit the same physical place, even with the same physical people, but still, there can be no going back.
Which leads me to appreciating the precious times we have - the eras in our lives - when we have certain relationships in place, nice routines, or rhythm - and that when we have a good rhythm going on in our lives, in our circles, surroundings, circumstances - when things are humming along – it is in those times that we might rejoice... for there is a harmony occurring...
There is a rhythm that has come into our time… a synchronicity, a beauty, a fluid flow for what’s going on that is a good thing… that is smooth and sweet… and should be honored, acknowledged, recognized for its beauty - like noticing a lovely rose or beautiful sunset…
There are times in our lives, when it is simply right to notice… the beauty of the era… the "moment" of life we are living… for the grace it presents… for the flow it presents… for the ease that is present... perhaps in simply knowing we are loved, joyful, harnessed with food and housing and all needs met… There is a time to acknowledge… the beauty, the rhythm, to honor when we find it is present. Even when we do not know how things will go next… for we never really know how things will go next at any time, as things are always changing.
There are times when it's appropriate to honor and recognize the beauty of our life… the greatness of the people and times… even if we always think it should be better, for the times will always change… things will be different again, as the ebs and flows of a lifetime always move on... and things just won’t be the same anymore.
Things are always in the midst of change… and so - we've got to see when it is good – and say Thanks!
I'm grateful for the times of ease... and more than anything, for the times of peaceful people!
Thanks!
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at www.growing-gold.com
Monday, February 2, 2009
Only in Alaska...
(this one actually has a tune to it... so you can use your imagination!)
Shared my life with a friend today…
Told him a moose came to say hello,
She had a baby and they both were good
Then they wandered away in the dark…
I shared my life with a friend today,
Found that he also didn’t know
That the owl that came by just to say hello
Brought a friend - and he said,
They were two
I shared my life with a friend today,
And I told him that I’d found a place
Where the weather would drop into freezing cold
20 below last time I had looked
I shared my life with a friend today and he told me
I have to take pictures too...
I said hadn’t thought of it, too absorbed in the moment…
He said better think of it YOU.
I shared my life with a friend today,
We talked and we laughed at what wildness grew
In the lands of Alaska
Where volcanoes swell to a rumble, just down the road…
Earth shook the first morning I woke in her hands…
When later I saw a wolf walking cross the land…
I shared my life with a friend today…
We laughed and we grew to know more…
I shared my life with a friend today,
And there,
We decided
To stay.
And there we decided…. To stay.
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at http://www.growing-gold.com/
Shared my life with a friend today…
Told him a moose came to say hello,
She had a baby and they both were good
Then they wandered away in the dark…
I shared my life with a friend today,
Found that he also didn’t know
That the owl that came by just to say hello
Brought a friend - and he said,
They were two
I shared my life with a friend today,
And I told him that I’d found a place
Where the weather would drop into freezing cold
20 below last time I had looked
I shared my life with a friend today and he told me
I have to take pictures too...
I said hadn’t thought of it, too absorbed in the moment…
He said better think of it YOU.
I shared my life with a friend today,
We talked and we laughed at what wildness grew
In the lands of Alaska
Where volcanoes swell to a rumble, just down the road…
Earth shook the first morning I woke in her hands…
When later I saw a wolf walking cross the land…
I shared my life with a friend today…
We laughed and we grew to know more…
I shared my life with a friend today,
And there,
We decided
To stay.
And there we decided…. To stay.
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at http://www.growing-gold.com/
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Power of Freedom
Let freedom ring... the message blazing so strong, as I witness the unfolding events of this week... The interesting alignment between our new President Obama and his allegiance to our very old President Lincoln – the man who was responsible for freeing the slaves (a most profound statement for Freedom) and the man who stands as evidence of that freedom, as first black President of the United States.
Freedom... what a powerful topic... The power of freedom is the power to create – to be FREE in your environs such that you are FREE in your mind... FREE in your thoughts and ideas, FREE to dream... FREE to believe, FREE to have faith that despite the worst of circumstances, you will prevail... Free to have Hope.
Freedom is a most profound ideal, particularly in its most primal sense when it has been taken away... Yet what I see right now is that even the most subtle sense of freedom is an enormously powerful tool - realizing that even the smallest threat to one’s freedom can have dramatic affect upon one's sense of power and ability to act, respond and behave in alignment with their human dignity, their wisdom, their creativity and their true personal power.
I realize as I ponder that even the slightest impingement upon a person’s personal freedom can drastically affect their capacity to produce. And for me, this comes straight down to the flow of creative energy, and the nature of creativity... the manner in which creativity itself actually works - a vastly important realm for us all to understand, for creating new solutions - to anything!
Innovation comes through creativity... and creativity needs a nurturing space – it needs space - quite the opposite of restricted freedom. Creativity needs openness that can allow it the ability to unfold. Like a delicate flower blooming – in a restricted demanding space, a flower may not be as easy to expand, as it would in a loving environment where there is ample support.
Creativity needs openness, in truth, it needs love. Or rather, in a space of love, creativity can thrive with ability to do much less in a space of stress, constriction, limited beliefs or attitudes - and a lack of freedom where personal power is reduced.
Which brings me to my own sense of freedom on very subtle levels... I see with crisp clarity that of course I needed to break free of restriction for very real and important reasons. In a restricted environment my own most powerful creative force and creative capacity was being hindered, and worse, actually blocked - a tragic thing indeed! So I feel and say thank God, I found a way to break free! For even when restrictions seem quite subtle... there is clearly impact, there is a limitation imposed, and those limits can drastically reduce the overall creative capacity...
When we are building something new, expanding new ideas or concepts, creating new structure for a business, book, or anything new... we need space, we need creative flow, we need the freedom to create!
So I say thank you, for I am profoundly grateful that I was given a bridge, for the hand that lifted me out of a place that was oppressing me to arrive instead in a place of deep Grace - where the love that surrounds me – the love that IS me – is able to flourish, come forth and come out – because I am allowed... because I am set FREE.
The power of Freedom is a mighty force that all together fully relates to the power to create... the power to flourish, the power to unite and allow great things to come forth...
I am grateful as I sing to this day - that I was set Free.
Thank you!
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at www.growing-gold.com
Freedom... what a powerful topic... The power of freedom is the power to create – to be FREE in your environs such that you are FREE in your mind... FREE in your thoughts and ideas, FREE to dream... FREE to believe, FREE to have faith that despite the worst of circumstances, you will prevail... Free to have Hope.
Freedom is a most profound ideal, particularly in its most primal sense when it has been taken away... Yet what I see right now is that even the most subtle sense of freedom is an enormously powerful tool - realizing that even the smallest threat to one’s freedom can have dramatic affect upon one's sense of power and ability to act, respond and behave in alignment with their human dignity, their wisdom, their creativity and their true personal power.
I realize as I ponder that even the slightest impingement upon a person’s personal freedom can drastically affect their capacity to produce. And for me, this comes straight down to the flow of creative energy, and the nature of creativity... the manner in which creativity itself actually works - a vastly important realm for us all to understand, for creating new solutions - to anything!
Innovation comes through creativity... and creativity needs a nurturing space – it needs space - quite the opposite of restricted freedom. Creativity needs openness that can allow it the ability to unfold. Like a delicate flower blooming – in a restricted demanding space, a flower may not be as easy to expand, as it would in a loving environment where there is ample support.
Creativity needs openness, in truth, it needs love. Or rather, in a space of love, creativity can thrive with ability to do much less in a space of stress, constriction, limited beliefs or attitudes - and a lack of freedom where personal power is reduced.
Which brings me to my own sense of freedom on very subtle levels... I see with crisp clarity that of course I needed to break free of restriction for very real and important reasons. In a restricted environment my own most powerful creative force and creative capacity was being hindered, and worse, actually blocked - a tragic thing indeed! So I feel and say thank God, I found a way to break free! For even when restrictions seem quite subtle... there is clearly impact, there is a limitation imposed, and those limits can drastically reduce the overall creative capacity...
When we are building something new, expanding new ideas or concepts, creating new structure for a business, book, or anything new... we need space, we need creative flow, we need the freedom to create!
So I say thank you, for I am profoundly grateful that I was given a bridge, for the hand that lifted me out of a place that was oppressing me to arrive instead in a place of deep Grace - where the love that surrounds me – the love that IS me – is able to flourish, come forth and come out – because I am allowed... because I am set FREE.
The power of Freedom is a mighty force that all together fully relates to the power to create... the power to flourish, the power to unite and allow great things to come forth...
I am grateful as I sing to this day - that I was set Free.
Thank you!
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at www.growing-gold.com
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Thoughts Grow Our World?
[A sweet little Tid Bit I've shared along the way, this piece I wrote in March 2008 feels like a good New Year start - So I share...]
Ever think about what you’re thinking? Well you should! For creating – or growing – the world around us, really does start with our thinking!
I've been helping others navigate change creatively for something like two decades or more - and having studied the creative process extensively throughout - I've learned a thing or two along the way... In fact, I'm writing a book to encapsulate the systems I've developed over all these years for navigating the process! One of the sweet little morsels I like to share, is that truth be known - creating or changing anything - really does start with “what we think!” With this in mind, I once was inspired with a fun and easy analogy and great teaching tool - for getting us back on track to "monitor" our thinking. Simply put, it goes like this...
Consider “your thoughts” are like water... your thoughts are the energy (like water) that grows the “garden” of your life - and world! Like in a garden, when seeds are fed lots of water, they grow! So consider “your thoughts” as the water that grows your “garden.” Digest the power of this simple little notion... and you realize you can become extra aware of what you are "watering" – where you give your thoughts and energy – to better ensure you are “watering” what you want to grow - not over indulging "too much water" to drown a new plant (idea or project) and "not" watering, that is, allowing “to go dry” that which no longer serves you (old stuff, relationships, anger, fear...etc.)!
So go out and prosper in the New Year... and watch what you're thinking! Pull out some weeds, don't over water, feed your new seeds... and grow a good garden this year - one that's like gold!
...Just the tip of the iceberg ~ with mountains more to share! See you on the next one...
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at http://www.growing-gold.com/
Ever think about what you’re thinking? Well you should! For creating – or growing – the world around us, really does start with our thinking!
I've been helping others navigate change creatively for something like two decades or more - and having studied the creative process extensively throughout - I've learned a thing or two along the way... In fact, I'm writing a book to encapsulate the systems I've developed over all these years for navigating the process! One of the sweet little morsels I like to share, is that truth be known - creating or changing anything - really does start with “what we think!” With this in mind, I once was inspired with a fun and easy analogy and great teaching tool - for getting us back on track to "monitor" our thinking. Simply put, it goes like this...
Consider “your thoughts” are like water... your thoughts are the energy (like water) that grows the “garden” of your life - and world! Like in a garden, when seeds are fed lots of water, they grow! So consider “your thoughts” as the water that grows your “garden.” Digest the power of this simple little notion... and you realize you can become extra aware of what you are "watering" – where you give your thoughts and energy – to better ensure you are “watering” what you want to grow - not over indulging "too much water" to drown a new plant (idea or project) and "not" watering, that is, allowing “to go dry” that which no longer serves you (old stuff, relationships, anger, fear...etc.)!
So go out and prosper in the New Year... and watch what you're thinking! Pull out some weeds, don't over water, feed your new seeds... and grow a good garden this year - one that's like gold!
...Just the tip of the iceberg ~ with mountains more to share! See you on the next one...
by Sharon L. Corsaro
Learn more at http://www.growing-gold.com/
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