Denial: Not just a River in Egypt
When we are incredulous at what others believe, because for us the ‘facts’ are clear and unambiguous, we probably aren’t in touch with the...
Category: Companions in Time
A Chair by the Side of the Road
The Three Musketeers’ motto–“All for one and one for all”—is more than an expression of loyalty to companions-in-arms. It expresses a fundamental truth of...
A Tooth for a Tooth
If I could access memories of other lifetimes, would I recognize possibilities that are slipping by unnoticed in this one? Does George Santayana’s maxim—...
Stories of the Borderlands
Three books I’ve been reading in the past week each invoke, in different ways, the borders that show up in life. Earlier this week,...
Wending Which Way
The two lanes of traffic streaming past each other on roads and interstates seem unrelated to each other, except in the sense that some...
Words Can Harm or Help
Don’t get me wrong. I love words. Sometimes words feel like the inhalations and exhalations that mark the flowing stream of life. The time...
Putting it Back Together
Recently at an SOS meeting, I was on the edges of an interesting conversation. I don’t want to invoke the details because we promise...
Life’s First Encounters
Last week, my mother would have been 104 years old. “Would have” because she died 32 years ago. I don’t know the exact day...
Appreciation in the Midst of it All
“The real mystery is not somewhere else. It’s right here in what we call reality, or truth, or daily life. It’s in confusion and...
Smaller Portions
I can’t really blame my wife for suggesting that we could do a “bone broth” diet together. She was just proposing a solution to...