“ Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ~ Mark Twain When was the last time you looked up an old friend? How do the people you know change over time? What stays the same? It's all too easy to lose track of people over time, but [...]
“ You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ Mae West What are some things you only do once in your life? Why are reminders that life is fleeting so important? How do you know when you've reached another stage in your journey? There are a number [...]
“ The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ~ Alan Watts. What a difference a year makes, right? How do you keep in touch with life as it was just over a year ago? Why are touchstones to normalcy so important? A couple [...]
“ Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.” ~ Robert Service. If you read last week's note, you know that my Dear Old Dad headed off to The Last Roundup four days shy of his 94th birthday so I'm up in Oregon with my [...]
“Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. How do you define freedom? [...]
“ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~ Anne Frank How do you know when some faraway drama may affect you personally? What's your method of dealing with the unexpected? When is it time to ask your community for help? It might seem [...]
“ Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” ~ Victor Hugo What would you like to see more of in the New Year? Why is love perhaps the most misunderstood human capacity? How can we raise our collective level of consciousness to love or above in the year to come? It [...]
“ Ring out the false, ring in the true ” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson How do you take stock of the year behind? Are you a believer in New Year's resolutions? What does your crystal ball say about the year ahead? This being the last Monday of 2020 it seems like some taking [...]
“ Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.” ~ Edith Wharton Happy Solstice to you! How does it feel to chalk up another spin around the sun? What is it that's so compelling about this twice-yearly event? Why does every religion, spiritual tradition, or ancient culture make [...]
“ When did this journey begin...? When did this fire begin in my heart...?” ~ Avijeet Das What are your forgotten passions? Why do some of the things we might have enjoyed early in life go off the radar for so long? How do we know what's worth circling back to? My older [...]
