Because he was a boy, we bought Zac toy trucks. But then he stole his sister’s Barbie. He liked changing her shoes and “Decowating Baaabie”. Wanting to teach the best way of life, we talked to Zac about not taking other people’s possessions. He begged, “Well, then, can I have my own doll?” He was two years… Continue Reading
As my birthday neared, I relapsed into, “I look way too old.”. Lured into the “wrinkle-free” aisles, I sampled twelve Age-Defying Lifting Face Creams. Spiritual teacher Ram Dass wrote: “I remembered this ad for Porcelana hand cream which said, ‘They call these aging spots. I call them ugly.’ Another way to look at it is, ‘They call… Continue Reading
This is not the age of information. This is not the age of information. Forget the news, and the radio, and the blurred screen. This is the time of loaves and fishes People are hungry and one good word is bread for a thousand. (Loaves and Fishes, David Whyte) “My people” say I am obsessed… Continue Reading
I remember the early 2000s Indigo Girls’ song, Closer to Fine, and its lines, “Darkness has a hunger that’s insatiable. And lightness has a call that’s hard to hear.” Perhaps what we hear is a matter of attention. I wonder if my focus, if our focus, gets pulled to the darkness, fed by the 24-hour news cycle; these bombings,… Continue Reading
A CEO hired me to help her work teams function more harmoniously. I have come to her company each week to listen to ten of her employees. They have dubbed our time together, “the Thursday group.” So far I have heard their lists of what works well here–in their minds at least– and what doesn’t. “So and… Continue Reading
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