“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” -Donald Trump Trump said this in 2016 and he wasn’t wrong. Here we are 7 years later, spending millions of dollars on trying to prove his guilt and finding some way of convicting him, and this again, is…
Is it the times that dictate behaviors or the behaviors that dictate the times? It doesn’t truly matter. What matters is understanding the times we live in and how the behaviors follow suit or lead the way. We used to be driven by ‘Will’. We’d override the circumstances and forge a path regardless of how…
I have lived in Los Angeles for over forty years. I have become part of the fabric. I am originally from NYC but I left that suit of clothes behind the moment I did my first EST training in early eighties and The Love weekend with Muktananda. I have become all things LA, for better…
It’s difficult to come up with exclamations anymore like “What a year!!!”, as shock and awe have become more of a quotidian experience and outrageous behavior is not even worthy of a conversational nod. However, it is the end of a very long year and some punctuation must be made. This is the time to…
We could use a little bit of magic, not slight of hand or even the illusion of magic, but some real second-coming magic. We cannot keep raising our hopes and trying to see the bright side of things and interpret horrible situations as this too shall pass. We need someone, or a committee of someones,…
There are many qualities and attributes that we are born with that are genetic, environmentally based or just part of our spirit. Then there are qualities that we have to earn and develop, wether through hard work, modeling someone else’s behavior or finding mentors and guides to assist in our development.Much of what we aspire…
As we get older, we seemingly get more afraid and more singular. Our points of view get more narrow. We lose our ability to say YES and a knee-jerk NO becomes more of our “Go-To”. Many things can accelerate the process: financial hardship, an ill-timed health crisis, or cultural and global threats. There is an aggregated…
Heartbreak. Heartache. Heart sick. I can’t believe I haven’t had another heart attack. I don’t know what’s keeping my heart pumping. I don’t know why my blood pressure and my resting heart rate are so low and normal. It doesn’t make sense. I can’t tell what is real or imagined. I’m walking through life as if…
Should I stay or should I go…That is the question. This begs for a Shaesperean couplet.Should I invest or go to cash?Should I speak up or shut up?Should I have children or not?Should I commit to someone or is it better to be alone…Never has there been more uncertainty and certainty aberrant behavior than nowNever…
“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.” Janis Joplin America…