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It won’t be long now!
I feel embarrassed that I haven’t written a new post for quite a while. Two things have been going on. First of all, I did finally finish my new book, which makes me very happy indeed. But along with...
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My new book “bright and insightful,” says Ken Wilber
I’m very happy to announce that my new book, The Secret Promise of Aging: Finding Meaning, Joy and Inner Peace as Years Fly By, has been published in print and Kindle versions at Amazon. The book has...
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Finding joy in life and death
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer – or any other major illness – is a life-changing event no matter what our age. I’ve been quiet on this blog for a while because 6-7 weeks ago, after a routine...
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Thank God for “baby steps”
Thank God for “baby steps.” As I mentioned in my previous post, I was diagnosed with colon cancer recently. I’ve been home from hospital for just over a month, and it has been a difficult, stressful...
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Our body is our best friend
Our body is our best friend. Let us listen to it. Be kind to it. Take care of it. Whatever our age, and whatever our circumstances, our bodies are always doing their best, and they are doing their...
View ArticleDoes your life have meaning?
Does your life have meaning? Does my life have meaning? It’s a question worth asking ourselves every now and again, no matter what our age may be. For myself, I find a curious paradox in play here. The...
View ArticleOne man’s thoughts about death
Death. It’s something we don’t like to think about very much, let alone talk about, although it does seem to me that we are becoming more willing to consider this subject these days. This is a good...
View ArticleCan we trust our first impressions?
It can be interesting, instructive, and fun, too, to keep an eye on our thoughts once in a while. Sometimes the antics of my mind make me laugh, they really do. They have no relationship to reality at...
View ArticleCan cancer open a door to a new life?
Can cancer open a door to a new life? And can life keep getting better as we age? Absolutely. There will be dips in our journey, of course. But while aging has its perils and challenges just like any...
View ArticleThe healing power of a smile
“The expression one wears on one’s face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one’s back.”—Dale Carnegie The human smile has been a source of wonder and mystery for ages. We are still...
View ArticleIs death really the end of everything?
Is death really the end of everything? No, it’s not. It’s the end of our physical body, obviously. But it’s not the end of our spirit. How could spirit, which is ageless, ever have an end? Heck, it...
View ArticlePlease read my guest post at Good Life Zen
I’m happy to announce that my good friend, Mary Jaksch, has just published a guest post that I submitted to her a week or so ago entitled “Can adversity be a door to a new life?” I put a lot of myself...
View ArticleDoing our best every day no matter what
I received such a touching letter this morning from a reader of my blog who has become a close friend in the past few months, and who recently was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. “My life...
View ArticleListening to our own calm, steadfast spirit
We live in a time of great change. Confusion, conflict and fear seem to be on the increase everywhere. And yet paradoxically, something else is intensifying also – the call of our own calm, steadfast...
View Article3 steps to your true purpose
It’s natural, as we age, to wonder at times if our life has had meaning. I had a touching letter from an older reader the other day in which she says, “I don’t seek honor or praise, but just that I...
View ArticleIt’s time to be free
It’s time to be free. You don’t have to disguise yourself any more. I don’t have to disguise myself any more. Turns out a great secret is in process of being revealed in this time of blood and chaos....
View ArticleThoughts from Heaven (1)
A thought about thoughts What to do with those negative thoughts that grab hold of you sometimes when you’re not looking and do their best to ruin your day or even your life? Some try to ignore them....
View ArticleThoughts from Heaven (2)
A moment of wonder As I walked out onto our front porch this morning, my gaze was drawn to the Russian Olive tree that stands a little distance from our house on a small hill. A robin was singing at...
View ArticleDo you want to change your life?
“Stillness is the cornerstone of true character.”– Native American saying. Do you want to change your life? Do you want to heal your life? Make stillness your friend. In stillness is our solace. In...
View ArticleClaiming the gift of inner peace
If you or I were to win a lottery one day, I’m sure we would waste no time in claiming our reward. But we already possess a gift of enormous value given to us freely at our birth. It is the gift of...
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