The Ageless Experiment

I remember party lines. We had a phone but more than one household could use it. You would pick it up and someone else would be talking on it and you would ask how long they would be. I remember the first TV. There was just a blank screen until the evening when a show […]

Now and forever. How long is that exactly. I mean you hear it all the time. Especially at weddings and engagements and anniversaries and intimate moments. Forever and a day. How long is forever and a day. How long is now and forever. Is it just more words on words. The Twelfth Of Never was […]

It was the last week of the last month of the last year of this part of the journey. By week's end the boxes will be boxed, the pictures will be taken off the walls, the awards will be put in a back room, the handshakes and hugs will be exchanged and the head will […]

The storm was rolling in. Wet, windy and noisy. It was beautiful. We were running in the rain. Soaked. Was it sweat or just storm. It was both. The quarter mile was run, rest for a moment and then run again…over and over and,well , you get the picture.
All the while the storm was enjoying its voice and power.
Being part of the storm as opposed to separating ourselves from it was part of the joy of the moment.
Don’t hide from the storm. Embrace it. Many times it just is where you are right then. It is you at the moment of conflict. Accept it and recognize that your journey has put you there and it will pass.
But while you are in it, don’t fear it or hide from it. It is you now. Rain. Storm. Nature at her finest. You , in the conflict, at your finest. An ageless experiment.

Class.How to define it. What does it look like.What does it feel like. It is such an elusive quality. It is not tangible. It is not money. It is not fancy. At least it doesn't have to be.It seems that there is a subtle quality to it.Class.There is a quietness to it. A strength in […]

"And then you die". Every time I see people doing things they shouldn't do, taking advantage of others, having hidden,double secret inbred agendas or just acting small when generous is called for I think of the line my parents used to tell me…"and then you die".The great equalizer as some great writer once wrote…was it […]

How does the day wind down for you. Is it a day that simply runs out or eases down or do you push it to the end of the end of it. Today we pushed it. After the work of the day it was time to give the body its due. It was time to […]

It can't be reduced to one error. A life can not be defined by one mistake…no matter how big. You have to take the measure of the whole life, the whole story, the whole journey and put it all in context. Otherwise you have the most distorted of views of a person, a life, a […]

What is an old soul. You hear that all the time. The person could be any age. From a child to an elder you have the capacity to be an old soul. I believe it means wisdom beyond your years. I believe it means ease of action. Joy in the struggle of the day. Seeing […]

Who is your guide. Not on some vacation tour of a museum or national park. Do you have a guide through the twists and turns of the day. The maze of life. Are you wandering all alone or do you have the courage to say that a guide would be a good idea.Living or not. […]