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December 02-A, 2022

Ordinary is the stone the builders reject, the pearl of great price lost among the costume jewelry. The you in you and the me in me. To do ordinary really well is to do you as only you can do you, to do me as only I can do me. And in that collection ofContinue reading “December 02-A, 2022”

December 01-B, 2022

Finding people we can trust who know more than we do about what’s what and what the rules are governing what to do about it is our life’s task through all of the stages of life, and there be many. Who, okay, whom, do you trust? How many people belong to your circle of trust?Continue reading “December 01-B, 2022”

December 01-A, 2022

The tides and the seasons, going and coming. My wife and I are reaching the end of our lives, and we have a great-granddaughter due in April. It doesn’t end. Our genes and our influence continue to impact life long after we are gone. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180 CE) said: “Cold or warm. TiredContinue reading “December 01-A, 2022”

December, 2022

Deep space probes receive speed boosts by passing near-by planets/moons at just the right distance in just the right way. Human beings experience the same boost sending us on our way in relationships with certain people, but. The “Just the right distance in just the right way” principle applies and is a tricky one toContinue reading “December, 2022”

November 30-B, 2022

The difference between astrology and astronomy is roughly the difference between religion and spirituality. Religion asks us to take its postulates on faith, spirituality requires us to know what we know. Religion asks us to believe its theology and doctrines, which are collections of opinions and convictions, while spirituality tells us to see what weContinue reading “November 30-B, 2022”

November 30-A, 2022

My drift through the aging process appears to be away from activity and involvement, and toward observation, reflection, exploration, and playing with my life just to see what it can do, and what I can do with it. I don’t have any goals or intentions beyond being present and seeing what happens. Staying home andContinue reading “November 30-A, 2022”

November 29-B, 2022

The things that restore our soul are the essential things. The wasteland is everywhere. Oases are hard to find. When we stumble upon them, we need to mark them well, and return to them often– spending as much time in their presence as circumstances allow. What form does your yoga take? Where do you findContinue reading “November 29-B, 2022”

November 29-A, 2022

If you understand timing and can sense what is happening and know what is called for, the circumstances will reveal themselves to you in a way that will seem magical and mysterious, and you will find doors opening where there would not ordinarily be doors, and opportunities revealing themselves where otherwise there would be noContinue reading “November 29-A, 2022”

November 28-C, 2022

Trials and ordeals, Kid. Trials and ordeals. Trials and ordeals are eternal and everlasting– because our wants and desires, expectations and opinions are eternal and everlasting. A river never encounters a trial or an ordeal. A river just does what it does no matter what, doing what needs to be done to take its contextContinue reading “November 28-C, 2022”

November 28-B, 2022

Just go do what needs to be done. You will find all that you need to do it. It is the way. Time after time. Spontaneously arising out of nowhere, but, mostly out of your own sense of what needs to be done in order to do what needs to be done. Trust your ownContinue reading “November 28-B, 2022”

November 28-A, 2022

Meaning is ours to know when we see it. No one can tell us what is meaningful, or for how long. We are the sole authority in the matter. And if our life is low on meaning, it is because we are not doing our job. We are not living in the search for meaning.Continue reading “November 28-A, 2022”

November 27-B, 2022

There is no immunity, and we spend a major portion of our life making our peace with our vulnerabilities. Instability and uncertainty are just how it is upon the heaving waves of the wine dark sea. How are you coming with that? It helps to whine, moan and complain. Mope about and wallow in depressionContinue reading “November 27-B, 2022”