Only Water
The little boy I can’t remember would be dead now but for a neighbor lady who, according to a newspaper article in the Barre,...
Author Archives: Michael Gray
Fire and Water, June 24th.
As I prepared to flip my calendar from June 2020 to July, I saw that Wednesday, June 24, is still a holiday in Quebec,...
There’s always some Kind of Motivation.
The fact that the outcome of our actions doesn’t always coincide with our wishes doesn’t diminish the importance of the motives with which we...
Summertime, Summertime.
On this the first day of summer, I’m wondering why nothing seems to be arising to greet the solstice. Spring comes with a calling...
Vision or Delusion
How can we tell the difference between wishful thinking and authentic aspiration? How do we recognize when we’ve found something that can help us...
Casting the First Brick
“In the act of being curious, what has been settled becomes unsettled. There are no rules, no certainty, and no fixed place at which...
Who’s on Second?
When ‘self’ and ‘mind’ get together—usually in the thoroughfares of philosophy, religion or spiritual inquiry—mind is usually considered the guardian of knowledge and stability;...
Self-Respect
“Many people may not be aware that the spread of western science and technology throughout the world is precipitating rapid changes in traditional values...
Self Reliance
How does a person with few skills of the kind needed to live off the grid, and even less life experience of relying on...
What Gets me up?
What gets me up in the morning? Well. I’m glad that something does. It may not be a golden trumpet sounding at the edge...