I’m 70 now, in the final third of my life, and more aware than ever the seconds and minutes are ticking away. So I ask myself more frequently, what’s really important?
I don’t feel that youthful sense of immortality anymore — the belief I can do almost anything and survive…
There’s nothing like panicked screaming to liven up your summer afternoon.
“Don, your car is rolling down the street!” I ran from the kitchen, threw open the front door, and stepped onto the porch.
Sure enough, there it was, slowly going downhill in the very suburban, always overly manicured townhouse…
“Erection.”
“Louder, please.”
“Erection!”
That was my 10th grade English teacher, Joel Kabatznick doing his “Words of the Week Club” routine. Every Friday, he’d spend about ten minutes teaching us words we didn’t know, like “idiosyncrasy” or “meretricious.” …
Words create our reality. Once we put them out there, we can’t take them back. Expressions like “I didn’t mean to say that” or “I was only kidding” come too late.
So why do couples get into needless arguments? Jeffery S. Smith, MD, writes in Psychology Today:
Kabir, a 15th-century mystic and musician, was born in Benares, Northern India, around 1440. Many scholars believe his parents were Brahmin (Hindu) but raised in a Muslim family of weavers.
As a young boy, he became a disciple of Ramanda, a Hindu ascetic. As he matured, he wrote stunning poetry…
"I'm living in fear of the future."
I winced when I read those words, written by an old friend who explained he's dealing with grief over a marriage breakup and a fractured relationship with his son. I wanted to reach over the ocean and hug him.
Fear — often the…
Late in the morning on January 1st, I slowly ate an almond croissant and sipped a cup of coffee. Given this is something I rarely do, it felt luxuriously decadent.
Then, I started cleaning the house. So did my wife. After an hour of dusting (something I never do), vacuuming…
How you show up — your attitude and state of mind make all the difference in the world.
If you’re all jumbled up inside, it comes out in how you look and behave.
When you’re at peace with yourself, centered and content, you’re more likely to have a fuller, more…
We live in dangerous times.
But not because of the coronavirus.
We live in dangerous times because of rampant arrogance.
The kind of arrogance that crushes dissent, the right to question, and free speech.
The kind of arrogance that’s responsible for people being denied the right to choose what they…
The upcoming holidays can bring a lot of joy to many of us. And, for some, they unleash the blues and add even more pressure to an already maxed-out life.
They also create social situations with unique challenges — events with new and existing family members, parties with strangers, and…
