Another day, another year and what to make of that? I make S. crazy with my take on birthdays, and many things. I see things differently. I try to explain my rationale and she isn’t persuaded. It makes sense to me. That’s good enough. Here it is for your consideration. You will understand and
(Spoiler alert: This post is compiled from previous, similar ones written for this celebration) Wednesday, June 21, marks this annual event known as Solstice, Summer in the northern hemisphere, Winter in the southern hemisphere. Literally, it’s the moment when the “sun stands still” before it starts back in the other direction and for those
A 3-year-old, Max, asks his grandfather, “Why are you an old man?” Countless children offer keen observations, ask surprising, thoughtful, penetrating questions, filled with curiosity and wonder. As parents, grandparents, teachers and friends, we would do well to seize that opportunity to have a conversation and explore some of the big why’s of life, as
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
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
