“ Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.” ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau Who are your "inter-dimensional allies"? Do you connect to nature? Or does the natural world connect with you? Even folks who live in the most sterile of high-rises have some tenuous connection to nature. Just as some Walden-esque [...]
“ The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.” ~ Alfred Adler What are you next to in life? Beyond the people who live next-door, who are your neighbors ideologically, culturally, or socially? Have you ever considered that to which you are adjacent? They say if you want to [...]
“ Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard Out with the old, in with the new, amirite? A lot of folks might be looking back on '21 like it wasn't the greatest year or something, but really, if you consider the 'might haves', we [...]
“ Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” ~ Goran Persson Say hello to '22, may it bring good times to you, Say farewell to '21, it's been fun, but now we're done. A [...]
“Aloha aku no, Aloha mai no” ~ I give my love to you, you give your love to me Mele Kalikimaka and a Happy Solstice to you! May this turn of the sun bring you happiness, meaning, fulfillment, and joy. Keeping it brief this week and sending you love from the islands... Mahalo! [...]
“ Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” ~ Thomas Wolfe Just how far apart are we, anyway? Is there really such a vast divide between people, especially here in the USA? What if there was more focus on what we have in common rather than what makes us different? [...]
“ Much like life, you don't complete a puzzle by throwing away the pieces.” ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough "OK brain, what are we gonna write about today?" "I don't know! You've only written about 400 of these things, are you out of topics yet?" "Oh come on, there's always something new. You're the [...]
“ Meow” means “woof” in cat.” ~ George Carlin Have you ever contemplated the idea that you live in a bubble? Or thought about the fact that your eyes have lids but your ears don’t? What the heck am I talking about anyway? Well, here’s another riddle. What’s the one thing that a fish [...]
“ Gratitude is the Attitude! ” ~ Anon What are you grateful for? With that simple question we kick off the Holiday Season here in the good ole USA, home of Thanksgiving and all the related Turkey Day traditions. And kick it off, we do. Football and parades on the TV, topics to [...]
“Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people.They are inside you.” ~ Isabel Allende How deep are your roots? How far back can you trace your history? Do you stay in touch with the traditions of your culture? I'm going to start with an assumption that most of you reading [...]
