Reboot, Rejuvenate, Resurrect

BEYOND THE WINDOW Life is embraced in two ways – dutiful, and then you die, or bountiful, and then you die. Every day, we get to choose. Yet many of us struggle with the feeling that we have no choice at all. As I have written before, feelings are unreliable and must be vetted thoroughly, because one of their essential ingredients is fear. “Is it possible to live so defensively that you never get to live at all.” Rachel Naomi Remen Could fear be a major contributor to d

DON’T NEGLECT THE NEED It is December 1, 2025, Monday morning at 4:36 AM. The sage and the candle are adding ambience to the stage for my morning writing. The aroma triggered a memory. I remembered reading a line about sage burning, “Light the sage. When it has done its work, it will extinguish itself.” A bundle of sage always last for weeks. I light the same bundle day after day. It burns for a few minutes and then it goes out. The few minutes of smoldering cast its aroma,

ERASERS Picture this – you are on a cloverleaf exit and entrance ramp from one expressway to another. Before exiting you notice a...

JEWELERS My family members (village) collectively (subconsciously I am sure) decided that their 2023 Christmas gifts would highlight...

PRACTICE: Name an unhealthy habit that you would like to discontinue. When I respond to a comment on this blog, I am often asked to...