The creative life force plays a large role in my life. My wish: to nudge your connection to this creative energy today. Sandra at Always Well Within posted an intriguing message recently. This is no surprise—she often writes about topics that leave me thoughtful for weeks or months. (Visit her often to expand your mind,…
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The Way I See It…
(Reading Time ~ 6 minutes. Photo credit Ola Wiberg ~ Powe via Creative Commons license) “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson While discussing life with a friend recently, she encouraged me to write this post with the thought that you may be inspired…
Climb Into Your Rocket Ship
{reading time ~ 3 minutes} Listening to an interview with Philip Roth on NPR’s Fresh Air the other day, I felt struck by lightening regarding a particular comment he made. (To better frame the comment, Mr. Roth is 77-years old.) I’m paraphrasing, but he said something like this: Sure, I’m a better writer than I…
Righting Time
(The title of my post is a play on words—a perfect example of a homophone [e.g., bear/bare, know/no, stair/stare]). Every day, I make my best effort to carve out righting time by choosing writing time—taking time to right/write my mind, to give it a voice, to attempt to put chaos into order in the framework…
Audio Greetings
[photo by Yours Truly ] Today my message is short and sweet. Please listen… (my audio file is only about one minute long). Click here… And while you’re here—I’d like your opinion. How do you feel about audio files embedded into posts? Do you enjoy listening to them, or do you find you rarely listen…
These Roots Run Deep
“Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. My children have had other birthplaces, and so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The…
Your Body is a Fortress, Part 3 – Your Thoughts
The body is a fortress of muscle, ligaments, tendons fascia, and bone. My curiosity piques when I think about the activity going on inside these structures and tissues. I’m here to talk about how your thoughts affect your body, from a scientific perspective. I remember taking a philosophy class in college and, in one class,…