“You’re just afraid.”

April 27, 2016
By the time we reach midlife and thereafter, we've got a whole lot of life experience to call on, both positive and negative.  If we're awake and aware, we can draw...

Not the massage I expected

April 26, 2016
Lord knows, I needed a massage.  Successful completion of physical therapy and continued workouts with Hot Trainer meant that my back was in pretty good shape, if a...

Morning ritual at o’ dark hundred

April 25, 2016
It's o'dark hundred at my house, maybe 4:30 in the morning, or 5:30, depending on when I wake up. I wish I could sleep in, but no. Maybe it's because the solitary...

The heart wants what the heart wants

April 22, 2016
Sometimes, the brain is very over-rated. On the other hand, the heart can take us down paths that we might have wished we hadn't walked. Wait. Is that really...

On peace

April 21, 2016
Certain things are true. Such as, "just do it." Which means, stop all the excuses and reasons and rationalizations and make it happen. (I'm good at those...

Stop explaining.

April 20, 2016
A new friend said to me the other day, "I appreciate your courage in writing so openly about your spiritual experiences." I laughed, because I have nothing at stake....

Finding my tribe

April 18, 2016
Few terms are as over-used as finding my tribe, but one of the most interesting side-effects of technology, the internet in particular, is the ease with which we are...

5 best things about carefree Hawaii

April 15, 2016
Five or so hours on a plane from northern California and there they are: the Hawaiian islands. It was 1959 when Hawaiians voted by a wide majority to make Hawaii our...

I plan ahead.

April 14, 2016
I'm a planner. I've always been a planner. But I haven't always planned as far ahead as I do now.  I'd like to be more spontaneous all the time, but it's not possible....

The sin of not killing animals

April 13, 2016
I was in my 20s when I appeared before a grand jury. My sin? Not killing dogs and cats. Let me explain. I was president of a humane society that held a contract to do...

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