You have journeyed a long time and have reached the crossroads in life where you feel the pressure of having neither the time nor the ability to heal your broken life. Sometimes aging conjures the startling revelation that life did not go as you had hoped. That you did not live in the way you READ MORE
Attention
What will devote your attention to today? Stop worrying about what you need to do. Tasks will always be able to find you. And seduce you. Begin your day by grounding your attention in what matters most; that you are here, that nature has made this day possible for you, and that there is something READ MORE
There Is No Way Back
You hear about reconnecting with the world. You try to find your way back. But there is no way back to what was because it no longer exists. Let your grief be your advisor and teach you about the inevitability of loss. Refuse to inhabit sadness and begin move toward what cannot yet be seen. READ MORE
Why Productivity Inhibits Creative Work
Time management is a technology designed to coordinate activities involving groups of people. Effective time management is the foundation for organizational efficiency and productivity. The genesis of productivity is the industrial age, and therefore mechanization, analysis, and systemization. The digital age has accelerated and intensified industrial age productivity. Rather than being used creatively, networked technologies READ MORE
Aging: A Frontier of Belonging
There was a time when I equated aging with the unwelcome process of becoming old. During my youth, becoming old was something I watched happen to my parents and older family members. I hide behind the convenient notion that aging was something that happened to other people. I didn’t feel as if it was happening READ MORE
What to Remember about Mental Health
I wrote some things to remember about mental health to confront my own anxieties about life during a pandemic. It started as a private way of giving myself a good talking to and reminding myself of what matters most in life. I believe that the cultivation of mental health begins with an honest conversation about READ MORE
The Wisdom of Control
Unexpectedly, you find yourself on the foreboding frontiers of a pandemic. The threat of being hunted by an invisible predator never leaves you alone. It is disinterested in your needs, desires, or hopes. It does not care about you, your family, or your friends. Everyone is prey, a potential host, and a vector of transmission. READ MORE
Refuse a Return to Normal
Now is the time for you to refuse a return to normal. You possess an innate desire for stability. You want the pattern of your life to stay the same. You strive to keep uncertainty confined. You attempt to force the unexpected into submission. You hide yourself from change. Most of all, you avoid contemplation READ MORE
Within Your Vulnerability is Wisdom
Vulnerability is the essence of your presence in this world. You will not live forever. You forget that time is your most precious resource. You live as though the day is disposable. You wait until all those false contingencies are resolved. You inhabit a life that is not your own. You worry that time is READ MORE