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On Loneliness: We Don't Have to Be Lonely

Loneliness is a national health crisis and socializing alone won't fix it. The solution to loneliness is to change your perspectives and behaviors.

Subterfuge

A poem by Andrea Hill about how loss sometimes creeps up on you.

The Lonely Fight

At the end of the day we all have to fight our demons alone.

Not Funding Musk

He doesn't need more.

The Non-Reflective Life

Sometimes I envy the non-reflective. For them life just is. They just are. It seems peaceful and ... simple. Unlike the wear of evaluating and reevaluating that expands with time and age and accompanies one to bed at night and wakes one up in the morning.

Bring On the Flaming Batons

A reflection on the practice of drawing a Tarot card per day.

An Anti-Social Experiment

Why is it so much easier to buy a gun than it is to get licensed to drive a car?

How We Evolve

I suspect that the key to lifelong vitality may be the ability to change my own mind.

If You See Something, Say Something

What if we used "If you see something, say something" as a way to combat racism?

Perfectionism

I suspect perfectionism is just another way of spelling ego.

On Quarantine

Ah the things we didn't know before 2020.

What Shapes My Mind

What's shaping your mind?

Resistance

What do people have against peaceful protest?

A Better Cristianity

Guns in dove clothing.

Ratlicker

Remember when they were screaming "My Body My Choice!"

Hope

A useful definition of hope (for the hope-deniers out there).

Fear

Nothing to fear but ...

RBG Prayer

Happy Fool's Year

I'm not a big one for New Year's resolutions but I do find myself at the beginning of each new year thinking about my major life themes such as how about 15 years ago I decided to stop taking myself so seriously and try being a Fool instead.

Reflections on the Day after Thanksgiving

Reflections on the Day after Thanksgiving

To Be Present, Read Each Moment Like a Book

I have become better and better at reading each moment like I read a really good novel - lost in the story and wanting it to last forever. I'm a fast reader but I purposely slow my reading speed as I reach the end of each book just to prolong the experience of it.

What I Finally Learned About Forgiveness

Forgiveness in non-religious terms. How to live a life of forgiveness which is really just a life of acceptance and gentleness.

A Woman

Haiku about a woman.

On the Treadmill to Having-it-All

After getting too much evidence to ignore about the dangers of prolonged sitting I built my own treadmill desk.

Taking Back Time

I sat down and made a list of all the things I have thought about doing and learning but which I had never had time for. And suddenly I was out of time again but in a wonderful way a way that motivated me to remove all the things that don't need to be done.

Poor You. The World Didn't Cater to You. Again.

Just because you believe something to be true doesn't make it true even if others believe it with you. Personal beliefs are just that. Personal.

On Excess

Our landfills are full our houses are stuffed our pockets are empty and our country - one of the richest in the world - rates abysmally low on every 'happiness' index. It just doesn't have to be this way. Being happy with less is not the same as not-having. The true path to balance is to be utterly conscious about what matters to you and refusing to be preoccupied with the rest.

Get Out of Your Way

How do you know if you're in your own way? The biggest red flag is if you're not improving.

A Beautiful World

This is one of my favorite paintings. I go to it often for a burst of energy optimism and peace. I hope it does the same for you!

Oh Sure - Let's Go Bash the Unfortunate

If we're such a Christian country where the heck did our compassion run off to?