EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL RELEVANCE
I heard a friend use the phrase “internal relevance” and I realized it as something I had not thought much about, at least not consciously. The person using the phrase was in search of “internal relevance” as a way of being in the world that was authentic. He was tired of trying to be someone
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LIVING COMFORTABLY WITH UNCERTAINTY
On August 24, 2019, I published a blog entitled “Stepping Into the Unknown.” Of some 600+ blog posts, that one garnered more attention, both domestic and foreign, than almost any other post. I wondered what made it so popular and why, some 4 years later, it continues to resonate with so many people? Is it
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QUALITY OF LIFE
For those of us in our later years, we know what Atul Gawande means as he documents the importance of the quality of life in his book, “Mortality: Medicine and What Matters in the End” Atul talked with Juergen Bludau, a geriatrician, who told him the job of any doctor is to support quality of
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DESIGNING PERSONAL CHANGE – LOOKING AHEAD
When you look at where you are, who you are and how you got here, it is unlikely the same kind of thinking and acting will get you to where you want to be. Marshall Goldsmith summed it up in his book, “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.” (Hachette Books, 2007) Making
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EARTH DAY 2023
How will this Earth Day be different from last year’s Earth Day or the 52 Earth Days since they were instituted in 1970? We know much more than we did in 1970 and there have been tremendous efforts on the part of those who care and who are committed to help make changes for a
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IMPACT
I received a message recently from someone with whom I have connected and communicated infrequently over several decades and I did not remember ever meeting him. He did and he sent me a note which is in the next paragraph. It shows that you never know what impact you might have on someone by what
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CREATURES GREAT & SMALL…INCLUDING ME
“Look into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Albert Einstein For many years as a young child, wading barefoot in a stream on my grandparents’ farm, I spent hours collecting tadpoles and crawdads, watching dragonflies hovering above plants and water striders darting in unpredictable directions. I had no idea what I would
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LIVING AND DYING
The NY Times published an essay by Dr, Sunita Puri, entitled, “As a Doctor, I Know Being Ready to Die Is an Illusion” (April 1, 2023) Here is a link to the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/opinion/how-to-accept-death.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20230401&instance_id=89027&nl=opinion-today®i_id=64653268&segment_id=129334&te=1&user_id=d35a90a116e023206cd733283d4a5c66 Here is my response to the NY Times with a brief observation after the letter. “Dying and death
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