There are many kinds of walls we can construct. Between nations to keep people out, or keep people in. Within families due to disagreements over politics, inheritances, divorce, or really just about anything however big or small. Walls protect us, shield us, but can also keep us enclosed in our own denial or too- safe… Read More The Wall of Enabling, Part 1
Though I’m not well versed on the process of a caterpillar/ butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, I am fascinated by it. And all of us can agree on the beauty of the butterfly no matter the means of development. But recently I have been thinking again of how much the formation of our lives is… Read More Don’t Mess With the Mush: Life in a Chrysalis
These two ducks pictured are inseparable. I first noticed them a few days ago in the pond near the place we are staying. Then every day since, I never saw them apart. Always near each other, circling or side by side. I took this photo which has my shadow, which I don’t mind as it… Read More Who is your Anam Cara? (Soul friend)
To be recognized as an ‘elder’ is an admirable thing. It is not just about age, though often that is the most common usage. Being an elder is to be someone who others trust in, someone who brings safety and security. Elders are needed in every society, in every organization and culture. I will be… Read More The Danger of ‘Elders for Life’
The new year is now nine weeks old. I have been in India the past five weeks, and soon on my way to Kathmandu, Nepal. It has been so good to return again to the nation I first came to almost 43 years ago. I was 23 then. Because of my love for India and… Read More How are you experiencing freshness in this new year of 2025?
‘Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn’t do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.’ This quote by Florida Scott-Maxwell is from her small book of meditations on reaching the age of 82. (The Measure of My Days, pg 65).… Read More Life shatters us
I’ve only been severely dehydrated once in my life. I was living for a few years in the Old City of Delhi in India, and the day before had been waiting for a bus in the 110 F degree heat for a couple hours without any covering on my bald head. Smart, right? The next… Read More Dehydrated and not even aware
Last week I was on my daily walk in the neighborhood, always an interesting balance between getting needed ‘steps in’ for exercise and also being attentive to the life around me. As I went over a hill I noticed written in large chalk letters, ‘You Matter‘. It is summer school holidays where I am at… Read More The Significance of ‘You Matter’ in History: A Reflection
There can be chronic physical struggles that many of us face in our bodies. Whether pain of various degrees or fatigue that sometimes just can’t be located or figured out. When I had long covid in 2020-2021, the fatigue was unrelenting, the worst I had experienced since having tuberculosis in Delhi, India in 1988. My… Read More Transforming Frustration and Disappointments: Lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are so many kinds of transitions in our lives. Sometimes we may need to stay in a situation for many years before transition happens. Sometimes it is best to leave, especially if a place or person has become unsafe and toxic to your well being. Whatever the nature of the transition, however easy or… Read More Navigating Life’s Changes: The Role of a Transition Coach
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