“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” ~ Aldous Huxley Have you ever noticed how small a city feels when you’re popping up out of the subway system? Or how small the world feels when you get off of a jet plane and suddenly everyone speaking a different [...]
“The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.” ~ Jerzy Kosinski Which way does your compass point? How do you know when you’re on track? Do you have a simple system to navigate every aspect of your life? I recently bought my daughter a famous culinary book for her [...]
“ There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.” ~ Deepak Chopra Good morning! Coming at you today from across the pond, from lovely London in the heart of England. [...]
“ Of all possessions, a friend is the most precious.” ~ Herodotus I’ve got a brief one for you today as I am up in the air once again. But that’s OK, because I came up on a great nugget to share with you! Wouldn’t it be great to know the scientifically proven [...]
“ Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.” ~ Steven Wright Happy Monday, how’s the view? What’s on your horizon? Are you keeping things in perspective? Every person who has ever lived has had a front row seat to history. Whether they noticed or not probably depends on what they were [...]
“ Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” ~ E.L. Doctorow Well well… it’s Monday again and the blank page beckons. What does one do when there’s no topic at hand? Well, the [...]
“ Life is like riding a bicycle.To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein How wide is your tight rope? How long is your balance beam? Are you able to keep moving forward with the winds of change on either side? Balance is on the brain today. How our lives [...]
“ 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 [...]
