December 7, 1972 everything about living on planet Earth changed. On that day 48 years ago, astronauts aboard Apollo 17 took an image that has become one of the most reproduced images in human history. Known as The Blue Marble this image, for the first time in human history reminded us of two things. The […]
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We worry, oh yes we do! What will others think, what will others do, what will I do, what if this doesn’t work! One the things we as humans do best is to worry. Some people actually define their lives by how much worry they do. If they do not do enough, they feel they
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Animals live almost exclusively by instinct. They find food, protect their young and reproduce instinctually. Isn’t it beautiful? We, as humans however, have a much broader range of possibilities at our fingertips than simple instinct. We can reason, compute and build. Right now, it seems, many people are living at the basest level of life.
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Trees have so much to teach us, if we just stop and think about them. This time of year many of us are enjoying as the first bright colors of fall appear in the foliage. Soon we may be cursing the gift of leaves the trees have given us as we rake them up, but
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Sentient beings are anything that perceives or feels. Does this mean that only humans are sentient? Let me ask you; does a pet perceive anything? Does a tree or plant feel anything? Quite obviously, both feel and perceive. Our limited awareness Homo Sapiens are at the top of the food chain, so we often
I wish I were the person my dog thinks I am. It doesn’t matter if this morning I left without a proper good-bye, he is happy to see me in the evening. If the food I served him was not up to par, he doesn’t seem to care. When I yell at him for what
We plan our days, we live in the now, we take responsibility for all we do and say (or don’t do and don’t say.) In short, we do our best to do our best. Then something happens; we watch a movie, we hear a song, perhaps we hear a remark in passing, then suddenly
Words have power. Have I mentioned that in these blogs before? Maybe once or twice, and here we are again, the power of words. When we excuse ourselves by saying “I’m only human” what we are doing is suggesting that as humans we are limited in any way, and this is not true. As humans
I presume many of us are too young to recall that advertising slogan, but the reminder is still important; the reminder that once in a while it is essential that we pause our lives, our thinking, our talking and simply be. In the book Bear and Butterfly I give some reasons why it might be
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As we jump into 2017 many of us have made plans, lots of plans for what this year will bring. We have made plans to do, do, do things, things, things. As IN-powering as this may be sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is…..nothing. As we do, do, do we must take
