Are we going to continue to observe Columbus Day with all the controversy surrounding the new views about Christopher? Will the Electoral College go away? Is it right for sports figures to express themselves? These and other controversies swirl around us these days: Gun control, the President, plaid or stripes, seems like everyday we have […]
Which approach do you think is the most effective– fighting against something, or fighting for something? You might be surprised to discover that the most powerful position we can take is to fight for something if we have to fight at all. Let’s take a specific example; if I choose to fight against a woman’s
It seems to me that almost every conflict stems from feeling the need to defend ourselves. I say “feeling the need” to defend ourselves; very often there is no need to defend ourselves, it sometimes just feels that way. This stems from an insistence that we must be right and someone else must be wrong.
My sweetheart Jeannette and I have had this discussion many times, and Henry Miller is quoted as saying it so well: “One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.” Too often we get caught up thinking that the whole purpose of life is to achieve a goal. That is an example
