“ We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m writing about ‘cohorts’ — an odd word that happens to be top-of-mind today. Definition’s range from “a group of people who share a characteristic” to simply “a [...]
“ And so castles made of sand slip into the sea, eventually.” ~ Jimi Hendrix Let’s see, where shall we begin? Mourning? Loss? Non-attachment? Let's go with the inter-connected nature of humanity and the universe. There’s a common tendency during major disastrous events to sort of shrug and tune out and be glad that [...]
“ Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” ~ Seneca Time for a fresh start, right? Here’s to new beginnings, turning the page, and facing the world with fresh eyes. The usual New Year's business. It’s the season for such sentiments. It’s part and parcel for this time of the year [...]
“ For last year's words belong to last year's language... And next year's words await another voice.” ~ T.S. Eliot For the second week in a row, I will respect the holiday tradition of keeping a light touch on my official duties here as your humble weekly newsletter scribe. Suffice it to say [...]
“ Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke In the grand [...]
“ Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard Here we go again! It’s that time of the year when the great cosmic pendulum swings as far as it can, for us folks in the Northern Hemisphere the days are the shortest, the nights are the longest, [...]
“ You can get an idea of human nature only when you can see the relationship of the individual human being to the whole cosmos.” ~ Rudolf Steiner Have you ever been caught in a riptide? You’re out there peacefully playing around in the waves, and when you decide to swim to shore, [...]
“ It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.” ~ Henri Poincare Signs. Omens. Signals. Messages from the universe. Whatever you call them, do you pay attention when they occur? Somewhere in between your physical body and your metaphysical consciousness, there exists a slippery substance you might call [...]
“ Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ~ Albert Camus Where do you find culture? Do you look for it? Make it? Stumble across it? Just what is ‘culture’ anyway? I suppose you could [...]
“ The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.” ~ Baltasar Gracián How do you decide when to cut something loose? What makes you hang onto things longer than you need to? Whether it’s physical objects, interpersonal relationships, or your private behaviors, when do you know it’s the moment to set them [...]
