I started today as I usually do, with a two-mile meditative walk through our local peaceful and beautiful park-like cemetery. And as has been the case for the past several days, my mind and my heart were reflecting on the sad events at Charlottesville this weekend and the international fall-out of our personal, collective, and … More Lessons on Charlottesville from a Deceased Grandaddy
Happy St. Patricks Day! I like to celebrate every holiday, so I’ve got my plans for making bangers and mash for my family this evening. But I thought I would start the day’s celebrations with a lovely poem of blessing by a wonderful Irish poet and philosopher, John O’Donahue. He writes a lot about how … More An Irish Poem of Blessing
Happy Valentines Day! I appreciate the idea of a day devoted to love set in the middle of winter, when we need warm feelings to drive away the chill of the cold winter days. However, this weekend it was 82 degrees F in North Carolina so…. But it is great to have a day a day devoted to … More Love Actually Is All Around
In the run-up to our international day of LOOOVE, Google has been running a cute set of its famous “Doodles” on the home page of its search engine. This Google Doodle is not only cute, it is fun, educational, and supports a good cause–preserving wildlife that has nearly been hunted out of extinction. The creatures … More Google Celebrates Pangolin Love
Vincent Van Gogh said, “The way to know life is to love many things.” If that is true, actor Tom Hiddleston must truly be getting to know life, at least according to his interview in the February 2017 edition of GQ/Gentleman’s Quarterly. According to the author of the article, Tom Hiddleston is brimming over with … More Lessons with Tom Hiddleston
Mohandas Gandhi, whom most of us know by his honored title of “Mahatma” or “Great Soul,” was killed on this date 69 years ago. So it seems appropriate today to look towards him for knowledge about how to proceed during our divided times. Yesterday I wrote about how the official US government policies over the … More Gandhi 3.0
Happy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day! I love this holiday, not only because it is a day honoring a man of peace, justice, and spirit, but because we haven’t managed to turn it into a day of spending, eating, and drinking. Instead, it is a day of service and of reflection. As I mentioned … More Dr. King’s Blueprint for Life
