I’ve been thinking about this post for quite a while. It seems more relevant every day. It seems more obvious, more vital, more impossible, more simple as well! There is no try, do or do not. The world is becoming more depersonalized, more digital, more tribal, more angry, more corporate, more artificial intelligence and less […]
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Walking across a really crowded Costco parking lot a few days ago I noticed someone smile at me. It was a real smile, a hopeful, kind, no-agenda smile. I instinctively blurted out “you have a great smile”. I’m prone to such things. She slowed down as if processing what I was saying. She replied “thank
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This is a post about agency. It is also about determination and hope. It began life as an exploration on whether honesty is dead or not but I needed something much lighter and more hopeful today. At this moment I need to cry tears of joy and appreciation and not those of fear. I feel
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If you look at most any problem in the world, poverty, war, genocide, environmental destruction, all the biggies, and the smaller ones playground fights, cheating on tests, the FBS bowl selection committee process (!), they all begin with fear. Fear of not getting our fair share, fear of not having enough to go around, fear
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Didn’t I just write about letting go? Am I already back here again? I guess it must be pretty important to me now and likely so for many others in their middle to late mid-life. I remember recently learning of the term decumulation. That is the phase of life I’m entering into. It is a
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From years of hiking I know that I can survive two of the following three threats simultaneously: cold, wind, and rain. But, I cannot withstand all three. Out on the trail it could be deadly. Two at a time is a real challenge, but one should be able to survive. So is it with pain
I am currently dealing with a chronic back problem that is flaring up as a significant acute roadblock to mobility. Just trying to pick up a bag of groceries this morning has derailed my day and maybe my week. I have friends who have lost limbs and others that are essentially having to learn to
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I simply had to stop what I was working on. I needed to write. Sometimes it is so obvious that the universe is trying to teach me something. Teach me something that I desperately need to know or relearn. The path is built as we walk on it either with our eyes open or closed.
Acceptance is difficult magic Read More »
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On a road that once hummed with the thoughts of men, we find ourselves in the dawn of a new epoch, where the hum has turned to a metallic whir, a cold, sterile rhythm that has replaced the heartbeats of humanity. Jack would have hated it, the relentless march of progress, not the romantic kind,
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I am penny-wise and pound foolish. I take nearly everything personally. I am simultaneously too hard on myself (not enough grace) and too lenient (not enough discipline to finish things and take risks). Oh yeah, I am so over-the-top risk averse. I judge people all the time. I don’t place enough value on my time.
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