Thousands of years of wisdom literature have used the techniques of oral storytelling that was then disseminated in written form. The collections include the wisdom literature from Sumeria and Babylonia, among the most ancient in the world, with the Sumerian documents dating back to the third millennium BC and and the Babylonian dating to the
My Dad died from a sudden cardiac arrest in 1979 at the age of 67. That was 44 years ago. I was 42. I knew then I was in the gene pool for heart issues. My paternal grandmother also had heart problems and died at age 64, in 1952. My younger brother by 4 years,
As we change seasons, travel from one time zone to another, move from one place to another there is a noticeable shift in our attitude, outlook and response. When we move from the familiar to the unfamiliar, there is a period of adjustment of adaptation and becoming comfortable with the change. Change is easier
Getting ready, making plans, gathering resources, anticipating what lies ahead – these require all kinds of different preparations. Much depends on whether we are designing something new, going on a trip, looking forward to a celebration or a holiday, cooking a meal, painting or repainting something, repairing what’s broken, or something as simple as going
In this Bold Experiment of 30 days of short posts looking inward with our thoughts, we are today half way to the goal. Whether or not we will make it remains to be seen, TBD, the double entendre of “to be determined.” We have many kinds of tools, techniques, skills and instruments for measuring things
