What follows is a look from 30,000’ and a close up look to see how this affects individuals. Then it’s how the individuals form a collective that in turn affects the bigger picture, back and forth “from both sides now.” After a 60-year career in a variety of settings helping people to learn, grow and
* Featured photo courtesy of Stefano Bucciarelli via Unsplash.com There is a plethora of information about how our minds and brains function and volumes of research on mental health and mental illnesses. I have tried to take care of my mind as well as my body and spirit and yet, there are no guarantees about
What are we to make of who we are now, who we have become after years of becoming who we are? Are we who we think we are? Are we who others think we are? Are we some combination of what we have learned and experienced? How have our values, beliefs and actions formed and
I have been thinking a lot lately, along with some other folks, why I write, what I write about, what my intentions are and what, if any, difference it makes. I hear back from some readers and subscribers enough that reinforces my continuing to take the time and make the effort to pen something at
Orig. 12/11/23 Rev. 3/11/24 Death comes for all of us regardless of our age. In 2022, about 3.27 million deaths were reported in the United States and here’s a breakdown of the causes as reported in 2021: The top 10 causes accounted for almost 75% of all deaths in the U.S. in 2021. Heart disease
Dear ones, I have watched you with great interest and much love since you were born, followed you through your early years with your parents, and through your first 12 school years, then college and most of you in your first jobs in your chosen fields. I am proud of each one of you not
