Anticipation

People are either ACTING OUTFREAKING OUTSPEAKING OUTbut few are REACHING OUTThe basic narrative from politicians are either syrupy positive or apocalyptic negative,but the real global lament is “Are we going to be ok?”High Anxiety is the cultural motif- different times, different problems, technology alwaysushering in advancements and the negative consequence for those advancements.We are always being eaten…

Discernment

I have never been known for my humility, more for my arrogance. Age and desire have been trying to temper that, at the same time I believe that I have a good heart. Can those two things coexist and live side by side aiding one another? Seemingly they have. The presumptions have allowed for discernment…

Epic

Everything starts as a concept. Some generic precepts that you have ideas about, interests in, desirea to explore. But those concepts don’t become real until you move to action-until you commit. Throw your hat over the wall and then follow it.  I just landed from a 30 hour reentry from Zambia. Four planes ranging in…

Keeping Up

Staying relevant is a full time job. So many subcultures, so many distractions, so many balls to keep in the air.As a baby boomer (that term is usually accompanied with a look of disgust) I am vilified as the violator of the planet.Hey, maybe warranted.Keeping up with language and behavior is daunting, and practicing terms so they…

Presidential Debate

The presidential debates came as no surprise. The fact that so many political pundits were surprised, is in fact the most disturbing part of it all. I feel sorry for the candidates. I feel sad for them. I don’t think that’s the feeling you want in your presidential candidates. To put Joe Biden in that…

Contradictions

The world is full of contradictions, just as we are, as we are the creators of the world, it would follow suit that all forms and structures in the world are just an external expression of our internal challenges, passions and needs. We are given directives and mandates, instructions all day, every day and we…

Identity

IDENTITY is a way you want to be seen or r how you do not want to be seen. I want to be seen as Talented, not Lucky. I want to be seen as Smart, not Stupid. I want to be seen as THE MAN, not Limp. We all have multiple IDENTITIES- meaning ways we…

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

“We are determined by two very distinct properties. Shame and Love. These two qualities are parallel travelers that intersect, and change leads all the time throughout our lives.” “Surrender is the ability to relinquish your authority for another’s credibility.” You can try to hold on to an ideal, a lifestyle, a time, but the disruptive vortex…

Innocence Lost

Hard to maintain your innocence in a world of mental distress, violence and disappointment but that is the attempt. It’s not the goal because a goal is somewhere out there beyond you. The attempt lives in the moment, in the immediate, in the here and now.  To look at life with wonder and fresh eyes might be a…