The Ageless Experiment

We looked around moving slowly from room to room. First upstairs. Then down. Then each closet. Each dresser draw. Each cushion was turned and examined. Then the garage. I don't know how other folks say good bye. We did by searching for anything that may have been left behind. What is a life anyway. When […]

What a waste. That can't be the last thought before the last moment. What a waste . That shouldn't even be close to the last thought. Yet, waste there is. Unless you seize your life back from the mediocrity of what others settle for you will be lost in the final thoughts of waste of […]

As I walked around the garden, I saw the snake skin lying between the slats in the wood gate that separated the shell pathway from the dry river bed. I hadn't seen the skin the day before. But there it was. The snake had shed its skin sometime that night. It got me thinking about […]

The conversation was filled with laughter and tears. That is the way real conversations between true caring friends should be. All the emotions right there. Real. True. Honest. Good friendships are like that. So rare in this age when everyone friends everyone and chatter is so cheap and shallow. But not between deep friendships that […]

He died today. He wasn't supposed to die today. It was not on his calendar. It wasn't put on his schedule between lunch and the client conference. It was incredibly inconvenient. It disrupted so many events and other agenda items. But died he did. Everything seemed so silly then. Every so important conversation or decision […]

What is the one lie that you bought into that you still might be buying into that you know, instinctually, is a lie but that has sent you journeying off in the wrong direction. That one lie that was either told to you or you told yourself. That one falsehood that needs to be confronted […]

The good byes will be tough. The closing the door behind us will be followed by a moment of silence. When you say farewell do you rush back to the beginning and the excitement of the possibilities. Some came to be. Some were just a wished for fantasy. But then it became time to move […]

Certain words are just not heard that much anymore. It is a great loss. What if these words were heard, discussed and understood. What if you lived these words each day. How would your day change…for the better. Here goes: Nobility Decency Honorably Classy Gracefully Gratefully Humbly Joyfully Selflessly Try them out tomorrow. See how […]

Between two worlds. Ever feel that way. Two worlds. One clearly visible. One covered in clouds. One known. One not. One dissolving and the other still forming. Yet where do you turn. Which way do you turn. Stay because it is known. Or let go because it is dissolving. We are all there sooner or […]

They say there is a season for all things. They say that it is all part of the life cycle. They say that it is an individual journey that challenges you as each season comes and go. Yet transition from season to season is an adjustment. Because you ,by necessity, must let go in order […]