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Here is a list of some of the things I've learned in my life, as an author, public speaker, as a friend, and as a life partner.
The summer solstice is the lightest, brightest, most brilliant summit of solar power. The peak, the potent pinnacle.
The Casey Anthony trial and the Anthony Weiner affair have us feeding off the news and pointing fingers. Why? Because it is our own secret nightmare on display for everyone to see.
Kindness, to be lasting, has to begin or extend with ourselves
A miracle is an event so unlikely as to be almost impossible. By that definition, I've just proven that you are a miracle.
Digital hyper-connectedness cannot be a replacement for forging direct experiences with good friends. But it is not always easy to really connect.
Take a gander at the creative process and how it works to transform your heart's desire into concrete reality. Who can't use that these days?
My life partner is gone. We came to each other in innocence, yet tainted by our life experiences. Too many regrets, too few years spent together, too young to die, too young to leave me alone.
I was one of those kids people referred to as a "wise old soul" but in our culture you can't be a kid and wise. In a couple of weeks I am turning forty, so when do I officially become a Crone?
Too much of our effort goes into wishing what was, or what is to be. We don't take the opportunity to live in the moment, whether it is good or bad.
It is well documented that although advance directives are offered and included in the medical chart -- as the law requires -- in the end they are usually ignored.
Your time is now. Your place is here. It's up to you to figure out why you were chosen to be here, right where you are right now, and where you go from here.
I believe that he should actually be thanked because Dr. Kevorkian raised the awareness that we don't do dying well, particularly when people are suffering and in physical pain.
Father's Day feels really different when you're losing your father, or have already lost him. It's a time of reflection and consideration of the joys of the past rather than a celebration of the present.
Today meditation is mainstream and not just for hermits in caves. Everybody does yoga and t'ai chi. And elegant ladies wear crystals hung on silver and gold chains.
I know I am blessed to be able to care for my mom. Blessed I am healthy enough and able to have some help. Blessed that my mom is healthy. Blessed that my parents knew joy and taught me joy.
I'll present this as a questions: When was the last time you spent an entire day just sitting on a bench? Not in a city, but in a garden? An empty garden? Not talking.
But fear can also be inspiring. Some people are able to look fear in the face, and they aspire to achieve some wonderful accomplishments. Van Gogh is an example.
Twilight Wish is used to making seniors' dreams come true -- It could be a stair chair for someone disabled, a nostalgic trinket that might have been lost and recovered, health care direction.. the list goes on.
Watching "The Tree of Life" I was awed by the reminder of how vast the physical universe is and how temporary some of the people and items in our own lives are.
Do you have dog-like faithfulness despite being treated as inhuman most of the time? Do you feel guilty whenever you get anything?
Tolerance and compassion are not merely intellectual states of mind. They are meant to be embodied, shared, dare I say it, lived!
As someone who has experienced rejection many times, I've figured out something. It's only truly rejection if you own the rejection. Rejection, at its core, is you rejecting yourself.
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