January 2021

January 07, 2021

03 What is the organizing idea of our life? The original Oomph driving our original nature? We are here to do what? What drives us? What shapes our life? What does our particular constellation of interests/abilities/knacks/proclivities/ virtues/characteristics equip us to do? What calls us forth? Leads us on? What fascinates us? Attracts us? Spellbinds us?Continue reading “January 07, 2021”

January 06, 2021

03 When the Commander in Chief assumes no responsibility and incites riot and rebellion, the Commander in Chief has to be relieved of duty. This is fundamental “how to do it” procedure. The problem is that those who would initiate the procedure themselves need to be relieved of duty, because they are incapable of doingContinue reading “January 06, 2021”

January 05, 2021

02 Today is the first day of my 77th year. It has taken me 76 years to get this far– and everything I have experienced, felt, done, believed, thought, etc. was essential to my being here, now. What I want you to know is that what is becoming of us is the most important thing.Continue reading “January 05, 2021”

January 04, 2021

02 There is the kind of winning that takes place on tennis courts, and football fields, and golf courses, and chess boards, and poker tables, where somebody wins and somebody loses. And there is the kind of winning that takes place in a small circle of jazz or bluegrass musicians making music in ways thatContinue reading “January 04, 2021”

January 03, 2021

02 The people who live from their center have an easier time maintaining their balance and harmony amid the heaving waves of the wine-dark sea than the people who have no connection with their center and think that what happens to them is the sum total of their existence. What happens to us is merelyContinue reading “January 03, 2021”

January 02, 2021

03 What does wanting know? Wanting is what got us here! Look around. Take it all in. This is what wanting can do. Think it will get better if we just keep on wanting more? Not! Wanting digs holes no one can live in. We want ourselves into places we can’t get backed out of.Continue reading “January 02, 2021”

January 01, 2021

02 Democracy is a fair shake for everyone. Equal rights under the law. No racism. No sexism. No misogyny. No homophobia. No favoritism. No prejudice. No discrimination. Etc. All people enjoy equality, and no special interests are catered to. Nobody threatens the peace and security of anybody else. Everyone minds their own business and staysContinue reading “January 01, 2021”

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