girlfriends
In my life I have been blessed with many female friends, women with whom I am close and have been close for a number of years. I have two friends I have maintained contact with since I was 15… that’s… Continue Reading
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Seeking Education
I have read many self-help books over my lifetime, starting when I was 22. The Way of the Peaceful Warrior (Millman) was the first. Hard to say whether it was my existential crisis that drew me to the book, or the… Continue Reading
True Learning.
The events of the past 4 months – pandemic, brutal violence against black citizens, protests – create an environment where we are all being forced (willing or not) to learn new things, difficult things, hard things: how to live and… Continue Reading
Rocks & Resilience
Rocks of Despair. The day after writing my piece on slower is faster, I found myself mired in hopelessness. I woke later than I wanted, having slept through my alarm. I felt grumpy and out of sorts, and wrestled with… Continue Reading
Slower Is Faster.
“Slower is faster.” When I heard this yesterday, I thought, yes – like “less is more”: a paradox ripe with meaning and an apt description of what I am contemplating in this time of physical distancing and sheltering in place.… Continue Reading