Archive for Month: July 2024
Why We are Stuck in the Muck
It seems to me that the conditions for change have become much more challenging in the last 20 years.
Every day brings new stories of extremism growing, disinformation proliferating, inequality widening, and fear simmering. In the midst of growing trends and shrinking standards, the question is:
How do we get ourselves out of this muck?
Meaningless Minutes or Magical Moments
“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.” Alan Watts “I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.” Brene Brown “Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.” Rose Kennedy “If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the Read More
The Strength to Carry On
Released almost 50 years ago, in the aftermath of the American War in Vietnam, this song by Kansas still captures our experience today. Carry on my wayward son There’ll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don’t you cry no more Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse of this illusion I was soaring ever higher But I flew too high Though Read More
Ruthless, Relentless, and Remorseless
“A dictator may hereafter arise, who laying hold of popular disquietudes, may collect together the desperate and the discontented, and by assuming to themselves the powers of government, may sweep away the liberties of the continent like a deluge.” Thomas Paine, 1776 “If we are to have another contest of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon’s but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and Read More