New age optimist may paint the world with pan-gloss, but dark nights of the soul are a part of every human journey. They are often the breeding ground for new life and the soil from which the future sprouts. If we can stand on hard times, we may find that they become the bedrock for a grander, greater version of ourselves.
Read MoreI, like millions of others, enjoy the poetry of Rumi. His work often yields an "aha" or the sigh of recognition and I feel a kind of awakening in the moment. What "awakens" you? What quote or poem do you return to, or find solace in, or feel serves you in some way in life?
Read MoreI have the privilege of working with some great groups of people in different parts of the world. When these events come to an end and I am packing my bags, I sometimes wonder what moments and meeting points I also pack away and how it fits in my greater life. How do you bring closure to your travels and to the times and events in your life?
Read MoreAt some point, everyone entertains the desire for a complete make-over in life, to be like the caterpillar transformed into the beauty that we know is our essence. We all have moments wishing we could be free of our limitations and permitted to live and love fully. But we are also bound to our old ways and to the social and personal rules by which we live. If you could have a "second chance" in life, would you take it? What would it take to get a "second chance?"
Read MoreThe goal-driven life may yield amazing results, but it is not easy. This may be why so many dream of island life, where enough to live is found in each day, and where there is no need to aim for higher ground or high rise luxury. On rare occasions, we may take our leisure in a faraway land and actually relax, letting go of our driven world. What we bring back is often lost in the rush of return. This is my poetic ode to keep the ease in the everyday world.
Read MoreComplements make each opposite possible. There is no certainty without doubt and no stillness without wavering. Wavering is not a sign of weakness, but a mating call for the stillness at the core of your being.
Read MoreThere is no substitute for the friend that stands beside you ... What is freindship to you?
Read MoreAir planes and air travel constitute one of the most amazing human accomplishments. Though it may defy our logic, air travel is perhaps the safest mode of transportation. This is my poetic ode to the airplane and those who make it possible for me to live this exotic life!
Read MoreAlthough there can be great beauty in a carefully crafted life, this poem asserts that "carefully crafted" can also become a veneer that keeps us from our deeper yearnings. What is your irrepressible yearning? What do your feet know that your head does not about walking the path you are meant to walk?
Read MoreThis poem is a slight modification of my morning daily intent, written on Sunday, May 15, 2016. The reference to Lewis Carrol's classic, Alice In Wonderland, appeared to me because I was scheduled to attend a modernized stage play version later that day at B Street Theater in Sacramento. The poem raises the question: What if your life were your swan song and every act was your final performance?
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