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We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.  Anaïs Nin I wrote most of this blog in the past, but wanted to re-visit it because first, John and I have just celebrated an anniversary, fifty two years of marriage. It’s a big marker for us.  We lived through several renditions of ourselves along side of each other. Second, because relationships, both struggles and successes are the basis of most all our human problems as well as the primary route to flourishing.  Ver

“The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.” —David Icke Early every Sunday morning, John and one of our...

When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the...

Contempt is the sulfuric acid of love . Dr. John Gottman, relationship expert “How did this happen?  I just don’t understand.” That’s...

There is what I would call the hero journey, the night sea journey, the hero quest, where the individual is going to bring forth in his...

"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of...

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk...

We have been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly just how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when...

Age is just a number. Embrace every stage of life and never let your dreams fade away. Carol Channing, Broadway star who continued...

"I think there's a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you've stepped across the line into evil, and it's your life's...

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.  Anaïs Nin About forty years ago I had a quick conversation with a friend.  He...

So say it loud and let it ring We are all a part of everything The future, present and the past Fly on proud bird You're free at last....

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and...

Directing your attention toward the most important object of your choosing - and then sustaining that attention - is the most...

"That which is to you hateful do not to your neighbor. This is the whole law; the rest is commentary on it; go, learn!" Hillel, renowned...

The more we realize that most of our views of ourselves, of others, and of presumed limits regarding our talents, our health, and our...

I don't know who discovered water, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a fish. Marshall McLuhan, writer My parents were concerned about...

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Michelangelo When John read my last blog, he felt sad.  First, for him...

In the world we everywhere find clear signs of an order in accordance with a determinate purpose, carried out with great wisdom —Immanuel...

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven. John Milton, Paradise Lost Supposedly President...