Category Archives: 06/25/2020

01 We aren’t here to get anything out of it, to have something to show for it. We are here to bring the best we have to offer to bear on the context and circumstances of our life. What we can enjoy while doing it is entirely up to us. And there is a lotContinue reading “March 08, 2022”

01 Some problems have no solutions. There is no happily ever after as a steady state of being. There are no steady states of being. Which means sadness and sorrow are not everlasting. It is all coming and going, ebb and flow, rise and fall… And we learn to let come what’s coming and letContinue reading “March 07, 2022”

01 A gyroscope lives from its center. A thermostat regulates the temperature. A human balances the contradictions at work in their life, maintaining harmony, sustaining the flow. Equanimity. Homeostasis. Equilibrium. Stabilize the forces at work in the moment, and provide an environment that is conducive to life and the true good of all concerned. WeContinue reading “March 01, 2022”

This is a page holder for the pages that will be published during the month of March, 2022. We have rituals throughout each day that establish a particular sequential arrangement of acts and mechanisms to order and structure our time. There are rituals and instruments that we use to transition from sleeping to dressing toContinue reading “March, 2022”

01 We find our rhythm, our balance and our stride, and step into each situation as it arises, see what’s what and what needs to be done about it and do what can be done with the gifts we bring to the moment, and let that be that. Reading the moment and responding to itContinue reading “February 16, 2022”

01 We grow up against our will. The people who refuse to have anything to do with the things that make them uncomfortable are not candidates for maturation. Everything works together for the good of those who open themselves to the reality of their experience and do what is called for in each situation asContinue reading “February 15, 2022”

01 Things go better with me and my life when I reduce the level of noise and complexity, and increase the level of balance and harmony. To do that I have to be aware of it, and know what constitutes noise and complexity, and what serves balance and harmony. Stillness and silence work well inContinue reading “February 04, 2022”

01 “Darkness within darkness– the gateway to Mystery.” This is one of the insights of the Tao Te Ching. “The Classic Book of the Way and its Virtues (Or Powers).” The Virtues (Te) of the Way (Tao) are the powers of growing up. The Way of growing up is the Way of bearing the painContinue reading “January 30, 2022”

01 Joseph Campbell refers to James Joyce, Buckminster Fuller and Aquinas in talking about art. He says “Draw a frame around an object,” say the old mill in this photo. And synergy will hold that object together with, not only the rest of the photograph, but also, as you contemplate it, with everything else inContinue reading “January 16, 2022”

This is the parent page for the posts I create in the month of January, in the year 2021. May they be just what you need. And, if any (or all) of them are not, may they not be what you need in just the right way, clarifying what you need and sending you offContinue reading “January, 2022”

This is the Parent Page for my posts during the First Quarter of 2022. May these posts spur you to do the work of creating a new relationship with yourself and your life, and your relationships with the people in your life, in ways that serve balance and harmony, sincerity and integrity, spirit, energy andContinue reading “2022-A”

01 The “IT Factor” is having what it takes to do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, the way it needs to be done, in each situation as it arises– for the joy of doing it and the delight/satisfaction of having done it– all our life long. IT is doingContinue reading “December 29, 2021”