Posted April 1, 2021 in Monthly News

Sticks and Stones

The old saying is, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me.” It isn’t true, however. Sometimes names are the most hurtful of injuries, leading to shame and embarrassment that last much longer than any associated physical injury. Another very old saying is, “Actions speak louder than words.” While generally […]

Posted March 1, 2021 in Monthly News

The Warrior's Way

Debra and I are very different in some ways. While we have sufficient traits in common to allow for working together, the way we process information and relate not only to the past but also to our sense of the future differs significantly. Some of those differences are gender based: men learn to process information […]

Posted December 1, 2020 in Monthly News

Life's Plans

For one reason or another, the draft of Debra’s article reminded me of John Lennon’s well-known quotation, “Life is what happens while you are making other plans.” The plans that I made when I was young kept changing. Nothing went quite the way I had planned. I am not even able to determine how much—or […]

Posted April 30, 2015 in Monthly News

Maintaining Your Center

One of the principal challenges of modern life is keeping up. The other principal challenge is remaining calm and centered even while working to keep up with the way things are changing. The rate at which things are changing has been increasing exponentially for generations. For thousands of years, the only way for humans to […]