A New Year’s Greeting
Our Hard-won Treasure I wonder why this doesn’t feel stranger than it does. Here I am, very early in the world, standing on the...
Tag: mind
“Playfulness of Thoughts”
This morning, while practicing “Playfulness of Thoughts”–an exercise in Dynamics of Time and Space (DTS)–I discovered just how ‘unplayful’ I’m feeling these days. This...
Four Approaches to the Gate of Understanding
Learning Opportunities Missed There once was a boy in Pointe Claire Who in high school would often just stare When asked any question He’d...
From Far Off Mountains
My wife and I are planning to visit a friend in Durango tomorrow. Our major preparation has been to get family members to look...
Do Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
There is some pretty unreliable advice floating around. Take the maxim: —–“Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” Anyone who has read Homer’s...
Spontaneity and Wholeness.
Coming home to the potential of our lives, we see that everything we try to hold on to is a seed, blown in from...
May All Beings Be Well
Torn down enough already this morning (A poem by Ken Mckeon) To furnish a junkyard, The chained dogs, my New found friends, They bark...
Forrest Gump and Helen (by Pat Simmons)
Here are four short pieces written by Pat Simmons. I know Pat as a friend, writing buddy and the Executive Director of “Friends in...
Opportunities and Obligations.
It occurred to me this week that the distinction between “opportunity” and “obligation” is largely one of perspective. I awake each morning, and sometimes...
Once Upon a Time There Were Three Times
Young children and animals appear to live in the present with whole-hearted exuberance—as we adults wonder at their lack of regret for past actions...