The other day, a former colleague asked if I believe in God. A few years ago, I might have had a quick answer. But, the older I get, the more I'm discovering that I don't know as much as I once thought. As a consequence, I'm finding, questions often invite more questions. So, I asked …
Silent Fitness
I have reached an age where walking is a fitness exercise. It’s taking some getting used to! I used to be a runner. When my knees began complaining, I switched to biking. My bike has a fancy computer that tracks cadence, heart rate, average speed, and distance to assist in training. I’ve always found exercise …
This Person Is Now Called Adalyn
Recently, I was looking at family pictures using the Photos app on my MacBook. The app has a useful feature of finding photographs of individuals once they are tagged. Looking at a picture of our new granddaughter, Adalyn, I tagged her to quickly find her photos in the future. When I did this, the app …
The Search For Union
Social isolation has made this a challenging year. Connections are fundamental to our well-being. I have been writing about the importance of maintaining balance in life, suggesting that the development of spirit, along with mind and body, is critical to a life well-lived. Developing spirit is about growing our capacity to experience connectivity with life. …
Spirit Part 2, The Symphony of Life
Recently, I was listening to a Gillian Welch song from the "The Harrow and the Harvest" album, and the following lyric caught my attention: "You know some girls are as bright as the morning, and some girls are blessed, with a dark turn of mind…" Maybe you've noticed this also. Some people are happy, no …
Spirit Part 1: Spirit In Action
Balance is fundamental to a healthy life. When we are off-balance, emotional or physical dis-ease eventually follows. Efforts made to achieve and maintain balance are richly rewarded. A life well-lived is built of such routines. Our life is comprised of three elements, mind, body, and spirit. These elements, like the legs of a tripod, support …
Thoughts On the Election
When I was young, I wasn’t interested in politics. What others thought didn’t concern me. I studied economics in college, and I thought I understood the world! The future looked bright. My viewpoints have changed! Why people think the way they do fascinates me now. Over time, I learned there is very little about …
Resilience
If we are lucky, there are periods in life when everything seems to fall into place; school, work, family, relationships, etc. Curiously, at such times, we're usually too busy to even notice our good fortune. Then something happens; illness, the loss of a loved one, getting laid off, or suddenly finding ourselves in a pandemic. …
Soul-Food
We live in the North-country. In springtime, when the rest of the nation is going to the lawn and garden center, we are shoveling snow. At the cabin, I don't cut grass for the first time until Memorial Day weekend. Why would someone live in such a place? The answer used to be prominently displayed …
Big Rocks
Most everyone agrees that life-balance is a worthy goal, but making progress is difficult. Before retirement, I had the type of job where a visit to the restroom made me late for my next meeting. Perhaps you can relate! The common excuse for not exercising or doing other things to achieve life balance is, “I …
Towards A Life Well-Lived 