A New Road Posted on 07/15/2024 by Michael Gray I turned 82 today and it seems a good occasion to give some thought to the future. Of course, like many of us, my...
Food for Thought Posted on 01/29/2019 by Michael Gray Question: What is the relationship between personal existence and surrounding environment, between self and world? Answer 1: The self is born into a ‘world’...
On the Coattails of the Flying Moment Posted on 11/14/2017 by Michael Gray Vision isn’t the same as the momentum of the life we are living. When we are actually living a vision (of what life is...
Do Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth Posted on 05/18/2016 by Michael Gray 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...
Mythic Mountain Posted on 02/09/2016 by Michael Gray We are Elder Brother and our mountain is the navel of the world. To the north and to the south, Younger Brother is free...
Revising Our Narrative Arcs Posted on 04/14/2015 by Michael Gray We don’t have to scratch too far beneath the surface to see that the stories we tell ourselves affect how we experience our lives....
Home is Where the Heart is Posted on 12/09/2014 by Michael Gray A psychiatrist friend, now passed on, used to use a phrase that his students would quote: “Be it ever so miserable, there’s no place...
Love Thy Neighbor Posted on 12/02/2014 by Michael Gray Our children and grandchildren will live in a future that we are now creating. So why aren’t we trying to leave them a more...