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We have a mouse problem. Many believe that they came here in the shipments of goods destined for the big box retail stores in our small town. They wreak havoc and destroy property. A friend of mine wh...
âEngageâŠâ
There was something about the way Jean-Luc Picard said it, sitting there at the bridge of the Enterprise with calm intensity, large and in-charge. You knew that when you heard âEngage,â somet...
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An Existential Excavation
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We tend to live as though we are immortal.
We devote our time and energy to meaningless pursuits: a fancier car, a bigger house, more stuff. Hours spent scrolling and...
There it is again.
Singing in the shower, and suddenly an unseen hand drives an ice pick through my vocal cordsâno sound will come, save ragged gasps and strangled yelps. My face is wet from more than ...
How Thought and Action Modify Your Biology, Your Life, and the Future
For decades, we believed that we are born with a fixed blueprintâthat a spiral-shaped molecule in our cells called deoxyribonucleic...
So youâve lost everything youâve worked for. All the people you trusted have betrayed you. Againâand maybe several times overâyou find yourself having to start from scratch.
Or you are dealing with iss...
You start out with the best of intentions: get up, do some exercise, make breakfast, get on with your day. You know how good it will feel when you check all those things off your to-do list and can ju...
What does it mean to protect your peace?
Itâs not all about sitting in the lotus position, channeling your bliss.
The path frequently entails sacrifice and loss, and it always requires awareness. What y...
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Every year, for more than 40 years now.
Itâs the most sacred day of my yearâthis day of perfect balance, when life begins anew in the Northern Hemisphere.
Iâm up bef...
âThese are the good old daysâ - Carly Simon (Anticipation, 1971)
Iâm as guilty as anyone. I can allow myself to focus on what I donât have, what I am working to create, to be. I can fall into a âdefici...
Iâll come right out with it: I donât have an MFA.
Neither doesâor didâStephen King, Don DeLillo, Cormac McCarthy, Neil Gaiman, or Dan Brown.
From Hemingway to Heinlein, Tolstoy to Tolkien, Salinger to S...
What other people think about you is none of your business.
We spend a tremendous amount of time thinking about what other people are thinkingâabout us.
When It Matters
Okayâonly bona fide sociopat...
You all do it all the time, whether or not you are aware of it.
There is a constantâusually silentâvoice in your head that notices, interprets, judges, decides, remembers, projects. This phenomenon is ...
Who are you, really?
There are actually two parts to the question.
The You: Who You Present to the World
There is a âyouâ that interacts with the world; that talks to the barista and comforts the chi...
How to Stand Firm in a Chaotic World
Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living within that way of life. - Hunter S T...
