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Information. Affirmation. Connection. Passion (for someone or something). Things or Money. I think, though, there is something much larger, significant, and meaningful that is desired, too. Everyone wants to be understood, loved, and appreciated (sometimes these latter two take the … Continue reading →

The only, of course, being change–such as what we see happening with blinding speed and a lack of common sense in our time. Much that is caring is no longer the “business” of governments, busy with their various entitlements and … Continue reading →

“Walls windows trees, waves coming through You be in me and I’ll be in you Together in eternity Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me” –Bruce Cockburn, “Wondering Where the Lions Are”

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” “The goal of the journey is to discover yourself as consciousness.”–Joseph Campbell, (All Campbell quotes quoted on this blog are from Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell … Continue reading →

“Being distracted reduces our empathy for others and blunts responses in the brain. So it’s possible that being distracted may also reduce our own happiness.”–Sylvia Morelli, TIME July 8-15, 2013 …………… So if kids and other e-media users want to … Continue reading →

we are very fortunate to have what might be termed scarce or rare moments of being with another person, someone else. In those precious moments, connection, obviously, but moreover light, warmth, gentleness, tenderness, touch, kindness, deep empathy, trust, maximal closeness … Continue reading →

In your ongoing quest for permanence, you think the picture is not moving, but look again at the clouds overhead almost touching the skyscrapers and then some, the ripples beginning across the bay below as a boat appears at an … Continue reading →

He had unlimited imagination and was aware of the myriad possibilities in and of life. Occasionally others would try to get to know him and made the effort, spending time with him in passing. Occasionally, too, those from his past … Continue reading →

about as limited as they come. residing mostly in her imagination, believing in the superficials of her life. Her main mode was fear, fear of embarrassment and fear of what ‘others might think’–avoiding imagined embarrassment was the main motivational factor in her … Continue reading →

Poetry and song lyrics are ways of getting to emotions more than prose which is concerned more with ideas even when it’s talking about feelings. Personally, I found song lyrics easier to write than poetry per se. The rhyme goes … Continue reading →