I forever discount anything amazing that I do. If I did it, even if only after some level of struggle, then surely it was not that hard or important, or worthy of praise or acknowledgment. So I climbed Half Dome. Big deal. So I saved a life. Anybody…
Why constitute myself as group, school, or larger? Because alone, I have limited power. As group, school, or world, when I am my word, And I say something will be (is), Then I have the power to create it through the very act of speaking it - The…
cf..: Tree and Sparrow Tweet tweet. "Hello, my sparrow. Many moons it has been since last you alighted upon my branches. I have missed you, all the while watching your travels from afar. So tell me, my dear one... who have you become since last we met?" Well…
I went to my first Yoga session today. I met a kindly gentleman up front who would be the instructor. Once in the hot room where we would practice, he suddenly transformed into a cross between Mahatma Ghandi, Richard Simmons, and Adolph Hitler. His words were soft-spoken, but…
I am a tree. I do not struggle to reconnect with the ground, for it is always connected to me, and if ever that were not the case, I would cease to be. Nor do I struggle in my efforts to be seen, to grow, to bring forth…
Where are you from? It's a question to be answered on so many levels... Where are you from, as an opening for a gargantuan question of purpose and direction. What is the journey you are on now? Where are you on that journey? Have you alway been on…
As part of a training program this past weekend, we had a rather odd exercise. The task was to find three strangers, and to give each of them a dollar. Also, to find three other strangers, and to ask for and receive a dollar. There was a mixture…
At some point, we've all had at least one event that literally scared us something fierce, but today’s was definitely a first for me. It happened as I stepped into a port-o-potty in a park that I visit quite frequently. No sooner had the spring-loaded door slammed behind…
For many years now, my personal theory of the universe has been that chocolate makes the world go around, and that peanut butter holds it together. I've also thought that the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup should be the new symbol for the United Nations. So with a title…