I never understood the saying “sticks and stones may break your bones but names will never hurt you”. Bones are easily healed with time and rest, whereas the words we say to ourselves and others are not so easily erased. They combine to make the sentences, paragraphs and chapters of our autobiography — the story we tell ourselves […]
Feed Your Soil
A very wise soul once told me, “just because a field is fallow doesn’t mean it’s not working, that nothing is going on.” Actually, it’s quite the contrary. Below the surface, deep within the soil, balance is being restored. A whole plethora of life (microorganisms, earthworms, beetles, etc.) is working overtime to produce the essential […]
Get Lost
I have a bumper sticker on my car that says “not all who wander are lost” with a picture of a stick figure hiker above it. I have this sticker because I love to hike and explore new places. But, as I was reading “Everything that Remains” by the Minimalists, I got to rethinking this […]
There Are No Shortcuts
There are an endless numbers of articles and videos out there with titles like “The Best Advice We’d Give Our Younger Selves”, or “Advice from Old People”, all of which, undoubtedly, offer some truly sage advice from folks who have “done the time” and want to save us some suffering as we travel the road to […]
So Much Potential
I couldn’t help but be awestruck by the sheer energy and momentum I saw amassed at the hundreds of unity marches held around the country this past weekend . I mean, as my kids would say, OMG…Oh. My. God! So many people from such diverse backgrounds, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc., came together […]
Perpetual Resolution
With the New Year comes the obligatory need or desire to make resolutions. This is going to be the year I: get skinny, give up junk food, start exercising, learn Chinese, etc. I’ve always hated resolutions, because I believe they set us up for failure. If we hit one bump in the road (a party […]
Choose Happiness
I’ve been ruminating on two articles I read this week relating, whether indirectly or directly, to happiness. The first was from a Good Housekeeping magazine I picked up while sitting in the waiting room at my daughter’s doctor’s office. I’m not one to follow Hollywood stars, but an article about Drew Barrymore caught my eye. […]
Ultimately, it all comes down to YOU!
The national and global environment is growing ever more toxic. We are quick to point fingers, to blame and belittle others. It’s always somebody else’s fault. I get it. I do. The scope of the problems facing us are so huge and overwhelming. It’s easier to pass them off as somebody else’s fault so that […]
