I lost my mom to cancer in 2006. I’m definitely not alone when it comes to having been touched by this disease. As we march forward in our cultural evolution, we seem to be getting it more wrong than right with regard to the toxicants to which
Read more →Our mental chatter tends to define most of us. That busy-ness of forward and backward, of reminiscence and contemplating innumerable futures, nicely defines a mind that is strongly identifying with its own noise. It is in this identifying with our internal chatter that we learn to identify
Read more →Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! I had an uncharacteristically late night last night. This morning, I’m feeling exhausted, despite getting a solid 7 hours of sleep. The problem? I’m experiencing the equivalent of jet lag by shifting my sleep/wake cycle three hours later than usual. The
Read more →There is no real way for us to strictly define what is happiness for all people. Sure, we can choose some vaguely defined words to add clarity to what we mean, but the fact is that how I define happy for me probably differs somewhat from how you
Read more →For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, we’ve recently experienced the shortest day (Winter Solstice) and, as of today, the latest sunrise of the year. It is our wintertime playing out of the seasons. And for some of you reading this, it can be a very
Read more →Yesterday, I found myself out for yet another long walk. As I had hoped, I found myself in unknown territory again. During the walk, I managed to get myself out onto some really nice hiking paths and, despite not wearing appropriate footwear for hiking, I had a
Read more →Many of us have been taught to think of life as a collection of chaotic interactions, the like of which we see on a billiards table: A ball comes in at a certain velocity and trajectory, hits another ball and sends it careening off in a direction
Read more →Dear Source, Thank you for all the beautiful lessons you’ve shared with me over the last 12 months. Some of them have been a little difficult to accept, but, in retrospect, they always came at exactly the time that I needed them. For that, I thank you.
Read more →Here’s wishing you all a wonderful celebration of the season, in whatever form that appeals to you. Whether you’re all about Santa leaving things under the tree, embracing Yule, focused on the Winter Solstice or some other celebration during this time of the year, I hope it
Read more →If you’ve been on a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter for any length of time, you’ll no doubt have seen a tweet, post or meme extolling the virtues of recognizing the plight of any number of illnesses and wishing for a cure. Whether it
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