I am in the process of forgiving myself for not posting three blogs last month. Over the years I have been pretty good at maintaining that pace of writing, but last week, well, there were airplanes, relationship things to maintain and post vacation fatigue. As I look at this explanation I realize these were simply …
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 …
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 …
I think that to live a full life, a life which is rich and textured, we must have a good sense of humor about ourselves. The ability to look in from the outside and see how often we do things which later can only be explained only with the words; “well, I thought it was …
I had the delightful experience of going to Maui this past week to meet my lady as she completed her tour of Japan. Yes, we just wanted to get away, and the beaches, highways and restaurants were filled with others who just wanted to get away. The winds were busy, showers came almost every day, …
No, this is not about enjoying a brew on the beach on Maui (although that sounds great.) What I want to discuss is those people in our lives who live through being emotional vampires. I think you know the person I am speaking about; they call at all hours demanding you listen to their angst, …
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 …
