Trees,
Tall and strong
But always unique.
Roots, hidden,
Reach deep down below the snow
Secretly, quietly
Drawing sustenance
Maintaining stability, groundedness
Slender, graceful branches
Reach upwards
“Take me as I am! This is who I am!”
is the tree’s mantra
Trees have unending faith
That everything that happens is for benefit
Even when storms come and branches break,
A tree is undaunted
Trees wear their scars with pride
Trees grow [...]
Emerson wrote once that everyone he met was in some way his superior, and in that way, he learns from them. And while I also experience that to be true, what I find more significant is this: that once in a great while I meet someone, or hear of someone, whose life inspires me to [...]
“Yes we can” is the new clarion call. Nothing can mobilize the dormant and pent-up energy within us than an affirming belief that we are unlimited in our potential, that we are not isolated and separate, but part of a beautiful wholeness that by its nature, includes everyone and everything.
Joseph Campbell once said that [...]
The other night I phoned an old friend of mine. I had not spoken to Christopher Ott for several years. He used to be a roommate of mine in Los Angeles back in the early 1980s. He’s become a philosopher and the author of a very expensive book I’m now reading. You can find it [...]
When people suffer it sometimes prompts them to try to understand the purpose of suffering. “Why me?” is a frequent refrain. But the answer to the question is that it comes to us all.
My wife has been going through some physical suffering for the last week. This prompted me to seek a solution [...]
Last night I had a disconcerting dream. I was at a concert by The Who. (I have seen The Who a few times in years past.) They were playing “Won’t Be Fooled Again.” I’m enjoying the performance. And when they get to the end of the song, there is one last line: “Meet the new [...]
Each year approximately 100,000 Americans are expected to die from drug-resistant bacteria. This is more than the deaths caused by breast cancer, AIDS, and automobile accidents combined. Is there a solution? Yes, if you have a doctor open to an integrative medical approach.
This is an approach to medicine which attempts to combine the best [...]