I was in the midst of the work of the day when I got an urgent phone call on my office voicemail. It told me to call back right away. I didn’t have a chance…;
On Life
Dante’s Inferno – Finding Our Way
I was thinking several months ago when I first drafted this blog about an incredible passage from Dante Alighieri’sInferno. It sounded like this (pardoning the misspellings and grammar): “Nel’ Medso Del Camin’ Di Nostra Vita,…;
A Darwinian Moment of Reflection on Our Future
Charles Darwin created a theory of the development of species and natural selection without any clear comprehension of genetics. That notwithstanding, he got it ostensibly correct. He had no idea that genetic codes were as…;
Fragments – significance
Significance usually produces success, at some level. . .and at some moment in time, and maybe even more; but not vice versa. Success does not necessarily produce significance! It’s always been my great desire to…;
Choices
Janet and I had dinner with a friend of ours at our house tonight. It was one of those spontaneous things on a Sunday night that simply came from one thing or another and lent…;
est Away the Weight on Your Shoulders
I remember, years ago, taking the est training. It was way back and certainly within the first decade of its infancy. I can remember any number of takeaways and many stay with me today. As…;
Reality and Illusions
Suffering requires the peeling away of the illusions we have about reality. Reality is the constant. Reality doesn’t change. What changes through our life’s experiences is the stripping away of our illusions about reality. In…;
Avoiding Personal Cliches
It occurred to me that, at a certain point in one’s life, you go from crafting your own originality in your earlier younger years to being concerned about being trapped by that originality years later….;
James Lipton’s Actor Studio Interviews: If only I could be there!
Tell the truth! How many of you have not secretly wanted to be on The Actor’s Studio, answering those famous questions James Lipton presents, with fanfare, a certain level of humility, and an appropriate attribution…;
God’s Fingerprint
To the extent our fingerprint is a manifestation of our individual identity, so too can we think of the universe as God’s fingerprint. The universe is the fingerprint of who God is and how God…;