What Do You Do with the Gift of Time?

You couldn’t really call it a village. It was more a stopping off point on the way to or from Namche. We trekked right past it on the way up but on the way down we set up the tents, sat by the river bankĀ and then spent a quiet night knowing that the next day […]

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February 11: We started up the mountain trail. It was as steep as we had ever experienced. Each step was a moment of deliberate concentration. The sweat was real, the burning in the muscles was real, the no turning back was real. Some times we find ourselves right in the middle of it. Some times […]

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The Ageless Experiment is living outside of definitions. It is loving outside of expectations. It is giving yourself up completely now because now is the only thing you have. And yet the signs are everywhere. Signs trying to direct and define you. Signs posted at every corner and intersection of your life. Signs created and […]

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It doesn't seem it as it is taking place. The slipping of time,that is.One moment she is running to catch up with her older sister, who is no older than 7 or the little boy is afraid to come out from under the covers because he hears the wind rustling the bedroom door knob to […]

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So we sat around on that chilly winter evening and decided to play a game. A word game. What words we rarely hear anymore,but use to, that we wish we heard more often. And not only hear the words but experience what the words mean. Practice the words. The fire was roaring grandly in the […]

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We arrived on the Island of Rhodes early in the morning. The island in the Aegan Sea was as welcoming as any could be. But as we wandered it I was struck by just a few points that have stayed with me. Famous for the Colossas of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the […]

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Keeping Your Passion Present

As we stood on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur I felt the power of the moment. The storm was approaching. The power was lost. The roads were damaged. Cars could not get in or out. Therefore the food was getting scarce. We were told the army helicopters were coming in to […]

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We sat in a circle. We were asked to light a candle. We did. We were then given a pad and pencil. We were sitting on a thin sheet covering a hard wood floor. There was soft music in the background. It was the definition of peaceful. The incense was filling the air with a […]

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Being in the Moment…Unconditionally

February 8: The wheelchair had been specially designed. There were these huge tires on it. At first it made no sense but then it did. The mother pushed it over the sand toward the water. It didn’t get stuck in the sand. It rolled easily over it and then, amazingly, into the water and floated […]

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Living the day as a force of nature.We have heard that phrase so often but what does it mean…really.It is living the zen moment.On the motorcycle, we were one. You can get a sense of the bike's personality. You communicate with each other. You trust each other. It is not called the iron horse for […]

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