Worry is a habit most of us have spent a lifetime cultivating. When we start worrying as young people, most of us didn’t even think of it as worrying. What we thought we were doing, and likely still do, is figuring things out. There is a fine line between using…
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(I wrote this piece two years ago after the election. I’ve slightly modified it to bring it up to date, but the message remains very much the same today.) My first vote in an election was cast in the McGovern vs. Nixon race in 1972. Focused on my own young…
View More FACING OUR SHADOW AS A NATION AND AS INDIVIDUALS
SPRING BLOOMS – And New Beginnings Spring has long been my favorite time of year, precisely because it holds within its essence the gift of new beginnings. In college, and well beyond, I lived in the midst of a dark night of the soul. I was searching, but for what…
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Will you dare to dream another dream? I meet women over 50 everyday who are dreaming big. They are changing their lives, and perhaps more importantly, they are changing the way they look at life. It’s exciting, and, it energizes everyone around them. Letting go of regrets and expectations, they…
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Have you experienced a trauma in your life? We don’t always see what we’ve experienced as a trauma. Painful, difficult, mind-boggling events happen in our world every day. We are shocked, dismayed, angry, disoriented, confused, and afraid. What happened to the world we once knew we say to ourselves. Innocence is…
View More A TRAUMA IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY
I have been on the road for over a week experiencing vistas far beyond my imaginings. Sure, I’ve seen pictures of such sights, but the reality is grander, more heart and soul-stirring than a picture can ever convey. (I’ve snapped a few thousand myself!) What I’ve seen and experienced has…
View More When Plans Change – And, they always do!