Always, when I travel, I am reminded that this is the last second
I have any guarantee of.
Buses, Planes, The London Underground.
What it brings up is not anxiety, rather a question about whether I have done the best I can do to be awake, present today with those I meet?
In what kind of shape are the relationships closest to me in life?
What might change in our lives if we gave up the need to be right?
Now is this second only. The past is gone and can only be learned from. The future is concepts, not experience. What can you do to experience the incredible number of things that have had to align in order for you to be here in this moment? ...
There is an angel-winged begonia next to my desk. From time to time, Igor has been eight feet wide and just as high. Now, about four by four. The delicacy of the clusters of flowers is absolutely stunning. The dark red leaf backs and green with white speckled fronts are ...
Many old lines are grounded in the truth. For example, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” What would it be like if we looked at everything that way? There would never be a “more” beautiful person. There would be “different,” not “better.” Who else, other than the advertisers, ...
Imagine the place in the world where you experienced the greatest sense of tranquility. It could be a mountain, the ocean, a lake, a flower, trees, desert winds, the sound of rain on a tin roof, the purr of a well-tuned engine. Listen to it in your mind. What does ...
Today is a gift. Are you above ground and breathing? Can you see that there is a choice about how you will be? What attitude will i bring to this day? What will i do that is constructive, useful? What kind of a day will i make for myself? ...
The top 1% of the richest people in the United States own more than the bottom 90 percent combined. The rise of the top one percent of our society is the result of a lack of understanding of the phrase “Enlightened Capitalism.” That’s where the investors, the management, the workers ...
Of late, i have been experimenting with using the small letter i instead of capitalizing it. As i do that, it must be corrected each time it occurs because the computer wants it to be a capital I. Using the small i reminds me each and every time that i ...
Everything you see in other people, their strengths, courage and determination as well as their weaknesses, damage, fear and hatred reside within you. The capacity for all things resides within each of us. What will I water today? What will I nurture? How will I choose to be? ...
There is an old expression, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.” First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because ...
Why is the suicide rate among soldiers so high? Could it be that they were asked to do and did things beyond the scope of human reason? Or perhaps the human heart? Not one soldier or soldier’s family I know thinks war is a good idea ...