What do you do with someone who does not apologize or even recognize that they have harmed you? I’ve struggled with this most of my life. Do you walk away temporarily until you get your bearings and figure out what happened? Do you forgive and forget and go on as if nothing happened? Or, do…
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“Do the dishes and stop wasting your time reading.” These words, uttered only once by my late mother when I was a teenager, have stayed with me over the years. I wondered why she would say this and not encourage me to keep reading. I wanted to know why she would not thank me for…
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At my age, I want to share what I know. I am not sure why. Maybe it’s because I understand life is short, unpredictable, and full of ups and downs. And I want young people not to experience what I did or make the mistakes I made. Earlier this summer, I wrote an original list…
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I don’t usually write listicles, but sometimes you have to break your own writing rules, right? These are short nuggets of wisdom, but I believe good advice from a sixty-year-old, eclectic, hippie-ish, unapologetic thinker who has experienced a full life, from the depths to the highs. Learn more about me here, if you’d like. In…
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“Look at those geese just standing on ice. What are they doing?” My partner uttered as we walked near the water’s edge. “I wonder what they are waiting for,” I thought. I noticed two geese in the middle of a partly frozen lake in a park near the Rockies. The water under their webbed feet…
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Clear your mind, get focused, and take control of your day.
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Dear Little Brother, Today is the day you would have turned 50. There is nothing I can say, even now, to make sense of your life. The more I think about it, the more I don’t understand. I don’t understand why you had to experience what you experienced and why you had to suffer so…
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Last week, I backed out of my garage wearing my black mask, heavy winter coat, and bright red mittens to grab some last-minute gifts for Christmas on this Covid-19 year. I celebrate without the religious fuss. Inside the store, as I tried to social-distance while perusing the aisles full of holiday hoopla, I remembered past…
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“Our resistance gave us an identity. Our identity gave us strength. Our strength gave us an unbreakable will.” ― Albert Woodfox Solitary is Albert Woodfox’s heartbreaking memoir of the four decades he spent in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit. After reading Woodfox’s heroic and sometimes excruciating account of how he was framed…
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Unique and inspiring, The Courage Map: 13 Principles to Living Boldly by Franziska Iseli demonstrates how to live your best life by stepping out in courage despite the fear you may face. Most people stay locked in their fear. How many times have you not pursued your passions because you were afraid? How many…
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