get to know your shadow
There’s a reason Peter Pan was trying to stitch his shadow back on. Without it, he wasn’t whole. Like Peter, we all have a shadow side...
the suddenness of September
The suddenness of September surprises me every year. Once the seventh month of the calendar , it is the time when the geranium leaves...
Give yourself a hand, again.
A few years ago, I wrote about something so ordinary that you might overlook it and miss out on a real opportunity to improve your mental...
The more things change, the more they change
I heard on the radio today the sad news of two Spanish mountaineers who died while scaling Mont Blanc, the Alps’ highest mountain. It’s...
Be a good person
Be a good person to live a happier life. To live a happier life, be a good person. Now, you know that happier does not mean how many...
No one is normal
Revisiting a question I asked almost three years ago, because, you know, I think that it’s good to check in with yourself periodically on...
Learn to stop
Reminding you of a lesson I’ve preached before. Who knows? You might need it again, right now or later this week. When the world is too...
Seeking right perception
The following is an excerpt from Being Peace, written by the late Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh in 1987. ~ In Buddhism, knowledge is...
breaking barriers
Reworking a post from January 2013 Beyond the gray, lowering sky that brings afternoon thundershowers, the sun shines brilliantly....
In praise of quiet satisfaction
Recently, I hired a carpenter to replace the sagging, rotting wall at the edge of my little front yard. The wall abuts the sidewalk where...
