Interpretation of a Ueshiba nugget — (Photo: Joshua Earle — Unsplash) Every once in a while we are stuck by something profound. Why and how does this happen? Is it just the profound nature of the ‘something’ or the delivery mechanism via a ‘someone’ or the happenstance of a ‘somehow’? …

Go to that place that is always there for you — Each morning, I take my six-month-old son on a walk around our neighborhood. Normally, we travel about 2.5 to 3.0 miles with the first half consisting of the boy locking into to this green thing or that sound, and greeting his many fans in our quaint circle. …

Wisdom of a great teacher to craft a good life — Travels The last time I was in Vermont, I visited one of my favorite bookstores, the Northshire. Nestled at the center of the town of Manchester, the Northshire is an independently owned shop that has thrived amidst the route-of-all-things-via — Amazon. The shop is quaint and sprawling at once, with…

I feel both lost and found. — I feel like we are living in the world of Karen Walker’s ‘Age of Miracles’ where the world is slowing down, with inevitable implications. Except we are not slowing, but speeding, burning, freezing, coming undone. Just when all the answers have become clear, all the possibilities are before us, we…

And Other Mindful Living Tips to Spring into Life & Stay Healthy — I’ve never been a morning person. I like the night sounds, and the stars. I like when humanity takes a breath, and sleeps. Also, I dream my deepest REM cycles in those early hours of dawn and on into, at times, that ten o’clock hour. Lately, the dreams have been…

Tap-Tap Pat-Pat, You are going to get Wet — Relish the thought. The life water is coming to wash us clean. It is time to close our eyes. We are lying flat on the knoll of a grassy field. Our knees are up and our bare feet press into the soft green grass. …

Waiting has never sounded so good. — “It just feels great,” says the impish Max Flanders, who composes on his piano in a blacked out basement apartment in Columbus, Ohio, “when my ill beats broke open, I just didn’t know what to do with myself. I guess I’ll move.” Max is the writer behind the hold music…

Learning to learn what matters — Studying often involves revisiting former lessons through the changing light of life. This is counter to our traditional thought that we must constantly be searching for and learning new things. …