Do you accept help?

French-German theologian Albert Schweitzer noted “The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.”

Michael Edmondson

Jul 9, 2019

Are you aware of the now?

But living in the present moment to enjoy today’s sunshine is hard work for humans. Dr. Eyal Winter, author of Feeling Smart: Why Our Emotio

Michael Edmondson

Jul 5, 2019

Do you strive to be worthy of recognition?

President Abraham Lincoln noted "Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition."

Michael Edmondson

Jul 4, 2019

Do you live an authentic life?

As you go throughout your life, and day, are you awake enough to understand when the values and expectations imposed on you limit your compl

Michael Edmondson

Jun 23, 2019

Do you rely on subtle maneuvers?

Kafka described his approach to writing in a letter to a friend: “Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartme

Michael Edmondson

Jun 8, 2019

Do you fail to see someone?

In her book No One Understand You: And What To Do About It, she writes that most of us assume that other people see us as we see ourselves a

Michael Edmondson

Jun 1, 2019

Do you have the light of the sun within?

French novelist, historian and mystic Romain Rolland wrote “If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all ha

Michael Edmondson

May 25, 2019

Do you realize how the storm changes you?

Haruki Murakami wrote “The storm isn’t something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. S

Michael Edmondson

May 22, 2019

How often do you confront fear?

As Blume wrote “Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go

Michael Edmondson

May 6, 2019

How are you flowing through time?

While it took over ten years for Hollywood to translate Punke’s work into the big screen, Alejandro G. Iñárritu directed the 2015 picture st

Michael Edmondson

Apr 16, 2019

How do you stand out from the crowd?

He asked Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) to cut the list to 250 words and to write a book using only those words. Spaulding challenged Geis

Michael Edmondson

Mar 28, 2019

How good do you want to be?

Today is March 26 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is “How good do you want to be?” Do you even ask yourself this...

Michael Edmondson

Mar 26, 2019

Are you open to your own unfolding?

Today is March 20 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is “Do you remain humbly open to your own unfolding?” Those who...

Michael Edmondson

Mar 20, 2019

How often do you tilt at windmills?

Mark Twain noted “I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”

Michael Edmondson

Mar 16, 2019

Is your career one dimensional?

As Grisham said “I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I w

Michael Edmondson

Mar 14, 2019

Are you open to the life that is waiting for you?

Today is February 3 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is “Are you open to the life that is waiting for you?" Richard George...

Michael Edmondson

Feb 3, 2019

As an artist, do you allow yourself some other job?

“The biggest myth we are fed as artists is that we need to sustain ourselves solely on our art. This is ridiculous. Every artist has at some

Michael Edmondson

Feb 2, 2019

Are you offering what others need?

Today is January 7 and the Navigate the Chaos question is "Are you offering what others need?" In How Will You Measure Your Life, Clayton...

Michael Edmondson

Jan 7, 2019

How long will you wait?

People who navigate the chaos like best-selling Brazilian author Paulo Coelho had to go through one valley after another to translate his dr

Michael Edmondson

Jan 4, 2019

How close to the sun will you fly?

In Greek Mythology Icarus was the Son of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax. Daedalus had been imprison

Michael Edmondson

Jan 3, 2019