Alex Live in Denver this Saturday!

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Just announced! Alex will be playing live at Brendan’s Pub in Denver this Saturday night, March 29th at 9pm. Joining Alex on this very special musical evening will be For The Sender collaborators Molly Jenson and Nena Anderson as they perform a selection from both For The Sender albums as well as some other beautiful songs. Tickets are available at the door for $12. Hay House I Can Do It Conference attendees will be able to purchase tickets at the convention for the special price of $10. Come join us after a day of inspiring talks for an evening of extraordinary music and make some new friends!

There’s A Difference Between Letting Go And Giving Up

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There’s a difference between letting go and giving up.

Last year we had mudslides and a flood on the heels of a wildfire that came within feet of our house. The flood washed away shoes, lumber, and anything outside that wasn’t nailed down. And some things that were.

To most of us, a small missing soccer ball wouldn’t be a concern. But to Stella, that ball was everything, and when the water took it she searched for days in all of its usual hiding places, until she finally gave up.

Except she didn’t.

A few days ago we were running down the asphalt road, frozen in places and still bound by snow on both sides. We were a couple of miles from home when Stella suddenly took off to my right, disappearing behind the drifts of plow-pushed snow piles. She was heading towards the creek, which had a thin layer of ice still clinging to its surface.

I yelled at her, because I didn’t know just how frozen the creek really was and didn’t want her falling in. A few moments passed and I couldn’t see her, so I started to make my way over the drifts when she almost knocked me over coming back out to the road.

With that soccer ball in her mouth.

It’s the same one, I recognize the scuff marks and small tears around the seams.

I have no idea how that dog found her ball two miles from home, after a flood took it away and a season of frozen winter covered it.

But I do know there’s a difference between letting go and giving up.

Most Of Us Are Just Looking For Significance

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Most of us are just looking for significance. We want to matter, leave our mark somehow. Maybe we want to matter to another person, or to the world, or to ourselves. I think that’s the biggest reason that social media is so popular… sharing ourselves and seeing other people’s reactions makes us feel significant. Like we matter.

But feeling significant and being significant are very different things.

Sidney doesn’t have a FB page. Or a twitter account. Or Instagram. He’s a horse. He carries mentally and physically disabled people to a certain kind of freedom, away from everything they can’t do. Maybe he feels like he’s significant, I don’t know. It’s hard to say what he feels, since he’s a horse. And feelings come and go anyway. They are impermanent emotions to which we often attach too much permanent weight, when we should just let them be and then let them go.

But in what Sidney does for others, because of that physical carrying of other people, he matters. His impact, his mark, his significance will be felt long after he’s gone because of what he’s done, not because of what he felt.

And he left his mark with his hoof for me here in this photo, with the help of Brienne and Swiftsure Ranch Therapeutic Equestrian Center. To me, it’s not a reminder to feel significant at all.

It’s a reminder that love is (not a feeling).

Alex on Idaho Mountain Express

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Who among us hasn’t tried to explain something in person, only to return to our heads in frustration, putting the thoughts onto paper so they come out right?

Writing is an exploratory experience allowing one to put forth all the emotion, intellect, passion and motivation, without interruption, without interference of self-consciousness, without the burden of watching as you start losing the listener.

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Alex appears on Dr Wayne Dyer’s Momentous 10th PBS Special

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Last night was the premiere of Dr Wayne W Dyer’s 10th PBS special. Alex is delighted to be part of this remarkable event and joins Dr Dyer’s daughter Skye, to perform a song inspired by the beautiful letter written to Dr Dyer from his daughter Serena which features in For The Sender Love Is (Not A Feeling). Ensure you don’t miss out on this inspirational evening of conversation, teachings and music by following the link for your local PBS listings.