Sep 8, 2009
#8 September 8, 2009 The degree to which you are undefended is the degree to which you can experience life as an adventure. What are your defenses? (Hint: we’ve already talked about one — expectation.) Remember, expansion is your natural...
Sep 15, 2009
#9 September 15, 2009 I hear people insist that they must be perfect. I hear them lament that they aren’t perfect. I see them give up trying because perfection is so elusive. I hear them compare themselves with others who are more perfect, who’s lives are...
Sep 25, 2009
#11 September 25, 2009 “Impeccability is to do your best in whatever you’re engaged in.” Don Juan Matus, to Don Carlos Castenada. Be impeccable today. Remember, expansion is your natural state.
Sep 29, 2009
#10 September 29, 2009 A subscriber writes: Your tenacity note comes as I struggle with my frustration at the lack of creative flow. I have picked up my beading, and am challenged to let it flow. But I want it to look like the pictures in the book, which of course it...
Sep 29, 2009
#12 September 29, 2009 Sorry for this second email, but I just couldn’t let the typos go uncorrected. Ironic, don’t you think, given the content? 🙂 “Impeccability is to do your best in whatever you’re engaged in.” Don Juan Matus, to don Carlos...
Oct 1, 2009
Remember your practice. Breathe: 15 minutes of intentional breathing twice a day. Drink: 8 glasses of water a day. Breathe with awareness. The other day I told someone that her back could expand when she breathed. She thought I was making it up! This week, during your...
Oct 6, 2009
#13 October 6, 2009 Expansion is your natural state. Desire is a function of expansion. Do you know what makes you happy?
Oct 13, 2009
#14 October 13, 2009 You’ve practiced having no expectations. (Tenacity Notes, August 4) Now it’s time to practice having no preferences. Try it for a week: to the best of your ability, have no preferences. Tie a string around your finger so you...
Oct 20, 2009
#15 A subscriber left me a rather breathless phone message: Jett, I swear that writing Tenacity Notes has caused you to condense your not inconsiderable wisdom. This is deep stuff. Have no expectations. Have no preferences! No preferences?!?! Wow. Ooh, you ask a lot,...
Nov 3, 2009
#16 November 3, 2009 I laughed and laughed after I sent a Note with two typos, saying “be impeccable.” Many of you laughed with me. But it got me to wondering, how can one be impeccable? What are the means by which I can do my best in whatever I’m...