After 8 weeks out of the country, albeit just north of the border in 6 of 10 Canadian provinces, I find myself reluctant to return to the USA tomorrow. There are numerous reasons but the main one is the continuing division and polarization in the political arena and the toxic fallout from so much flak
Want to have a different kind of day? Try these 8 steps for a dose of daily different. Start when you wake up (without an alarm if possible) with 5 minutes of quiet meditation. Do not think about what you have to do. Do nothing except embrace the silence. Spend the next few
“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any
When I was 75 I wrote a little book, “Seven Decades: A Learning Memoir” about significant learning experiences that had an impact on me and helped shape me into who I am. The book covered each decade from the 1940’s through the first decade of the 21st century. The book ended with 2010. Now another
We know this process works for Cancer, drug and alcohol addiction, suicide prevention, early learning issues, and relationship problems. It is not 100% effective, nothing is, but this strategy is effective in a significant number of cases and saves lives. So, why not a more conscious commitment to this process when it comes to
This post was prompted by a question, “Why do we have to do this all over again?” The reference was to the recent hullabaloo over the Supreme Court leak about Roe v. Wade being overturned. The issue of a woman’s right to choose how to treat her own body is protected under the current law
