Mark Zuckerberg was clever when he decided to monetize popularity. Like most initiatives, it was right there all along, he just was able to take two very specific, human issues and turn it into a billion-dollar industry: our need for popularity and our myopic thinking that what’s in front of us is the whole story. …
“You say you want a revolution, Well, you know, We all want to change the world. You tell me that it’s the evolution, Well, you know, We all want to change the world. But when you talk about destruction, Don’t you know that you can count me out.” – ” Revolution” by The Beatles People are…
Time doesn’t necessarily heal all wounds, but “The Times” reveal all wounds. The pandemic is certainly revealing all those unresolved issues that were so neatly tucked away under the blanket of cash, cachet, and mostly control. We all have one or two basic Core Confusions that we live from and if you’ve got one side, you also…
Introspection, retrospection, and daily reflection has become the new normal and a sweet journey. Not one filled with regret, but one filled with love and looking back fondly on those I have lost, those that I have let slip away, and wondering where they are today; and those that are here. All are in my…
If love is the ability to cry publicly, laugh uncontrollably, and have your heart broken consistently – then I am filled with love. I am experiencing all three of those phenomena on a daily basis, maybe on a moment by moment basis.It feels like some sort of nervous breakdown or at the very least, insane…
Even though the summer Teals are just weeks away, and even though the LA sky is a Tiffany blue; we are more in the throws of darker reds and muted browns. We are in the shadows of sobriety. This is not a time of summer highs or surging possibility. It is a disturbing time because it…
As mothers and fathers, all we want to do is keep our children safe. We are always children to someone, regardless of how old we are. George Floyd’s last word was “Mama”, in hopes that the person who gave him life could save his life. This is heartbreaking on so many levels. Not enough intelligence to determine what’s a…
It’s graduation time and ceremonies and protocols are dramatically different. As difficult as that is, there is always a silver lining. This time boasts a chance to adapt. A chance to go inward about what the accomplishments have been.To have more of a thoughtful time to look at what’s next, unencumbered by the pull of “June Fever”. The highs…
There is no redeeming value to suffering. Discomfort yes, but suffering, No.A good deal of suffering comes from indecisiveness. Straddling two sides of a conflict. Vacillating back and forth, looking for signs on which way to go. The signs are always there, it’s that we are either choose to ignore them or are constantly reinterpreting them…
My relationship with my Mother was complicated, filled with heartbreak, disappointments, violations, and Love. She died when I was 27. She died riddled with cancer, abjectly disappointed with life, and ostensibly alone. It didn’t start out that way, but that’s the way it ended. It has taken me years to reconcile my relationship with my…