David

David Daniel is a best-selling author and speaker who tours the world teaching the tenets and philosophy of the improvisational comedy technique, "Yes, And", and yoga and meditation.

Texas Bluebonnets

The Texas Bluebonnet is somewhat of a rite of passage in the Lone Star State.  Every spring, people from all around take long drives through the Hill Country to gaze at these beautiful flowers that are sprinkled along highways throughout the state.  It’s not unusual to find cars stopped on the shoulder of the road while the occupants of said vehicle cavort through the flowers taking photos with these delicate and ephemeral creatures. With this in mind, Adi and I set out for a Sunday drive to drink in the spring flowers and to feed our never-ending lust for travel.  […]

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The Fear That Wasn’t…

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Mark Twain When time seems abundant, we all have a tendency to get complacent and play it safe.  When we feel we have years ahead of us and plenty of time at our disposal, we have a penchant to “wait for another day” to go after our dreams and aspirations.  Oftentimes, it is only when we are

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The Bat Signal (Part Six)…

“You have to make the next move before anything else can happen.” The message was direct.  I could sense it was the energy of my father as he nudged me out of my comfort zone and pressed me to make the journey to Costa Rica.  Signs from the Universe are always interesting markers that can guide us to our destiny.  We can ask for signs to help us down our path however at some point, we must move towards the divination.  We are in a constant state of co-creation with the Universe—a two-step of sorts—and we must play our part

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The Zebra and the U-Haul…(Part Five)

Traveling revitalizes my soul.  Whenever I am feeling slightly sluggish nothing invigorates me more than traveling.  I love to experience new places, people, cultures—all of these things remind me of how connected we all truly are.  Nothing dispels our prejudices about another place more than traveling to that place to experience it for ourselves.  Oftentimes, the things we are told about another place don’t necessarily align with the reality of the situation.  I find French people incredible kind in spite of the rumors to the contrary.  My first trip to Paris illustrated to me that if we simply attempt to

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Pink Panther (Part Four)…

My sister died four years ago.  It still seems strange to have a sibling pass away at the relatively young age of 56 and stranger that so much time has transpired since she passed.  Nothing can really ever prepare a person for losing a sibling and it is inevitable that it becomes the compass towards facing one’s own mortality.  We are all going to live forever, we presume, until we are faced with the fleeting nature of our existence.  That is unless we come to understand that we truly never die; instead, we transform back to our original essence.  And

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