Hope is a Sad Child, standing in the Rain
“Joining with ‘others’ in ‘our one world’, united in native sympathy through the similarities of mind that we share as a species, we could...
Category: Companions in Time
Being in the Dark
“Deprived of full access to this living quality of being, the senses coarsen and the human spirit shrivels. Seeing only through the filters of...
A Kinder, Gentler “Animal Farm”
Unsettling truths about the human realm can be more palatable when delivered in the form of a parable. In animal stories, such as told...
The Caterpillar and the Phoenix
I live in a nest woven out of all the twigs and pieces of string–the maxims and identifications–that I have picked up over a...
How we Pick and Choose
Sometimes our options collapse into stark alternatives that few of us really want. In the present presidential campaign—with the election three weeks away—we can...
Reunions, Nests, and Flight Paths
Now and then I receive invitations for school reunions, but I’ve never felt tempted to catch up with people whom I didn’t know all...
Gratitude—if not now, when?
“If we are fortunate enough to be exposed to a variety of influences, we may realize that the reality we take for granted has...
The Hope of the World
The problem with ethical maxims is that we may or may not follow them. They are likely to operate on the level of good...
Coming Ashore
Was it a bad move to come ashore? Has humanity benefited from leaving home, and setting up shop on the shoreline? The daily news...
A Broken System
Why do two back-to-back political conventions leave us so exhausted, so doubtful that their gushing enthusiasms amounted to anything more than fantasy? How can...