caring Archives - MICHAEL GRAY

Knowing Grief

“In the Lakota/Sioux tradition, a person who is grieving is considered most waken, most holy. There’s a sense that when someone is struck by...

In “The Wizard of Oz”, we may have our favorite character, but if you’re like me you can find a bit of yourself in...

I’m just one cell, reporting in from the field. Things are quiet for the moment, but the rumblings of animosity between various factions seems...

Near the end of the book I’ve been studying, “Caring”, there is a passage that surprised me and caused me to review a deep...

Instead of trying to catch each rat separately, he draws them all out of town, in a long line of departing creatures who have...

If we live our lives taking direction from whatever voices and impulses are dictating how we should think and behave, then aren’t we setting...

I’ve been reading a book, titled “Caring”, in the past few months. And as might be expected it has a lot to say about...

I wish you were here. It’s hard to really enjoy myself without you. I try to be open to your presence but my mind...

“After apprenticing to such narratives, in typical Western fashion, many of us revise our stories as we move away from home turf, family of...

This past Sunday, I noticed myself turning in imagination to Eric, my long-gone mentor, and sharing with him an inspiring thought that I had...