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What we fear the most
I had to laugh at myself. I finished that long post on fear yesterday and carefully tapped danced around the ultimate fear, our fear of death. So if you will stay with me, I’d like to address that fear today. … Continue reading
Posted in -Self-, Human Condition
Tagged aging, Baby Boomer, Buddhism, Christianity, death, fear of death, gaia, Judaism, Reincarnation, Religion and Spirituality
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Our uneasy relationship with fear
A loud, jarring noise woke me. I couldn’t fit it into a known category, and the hair on the back of my neck start to rise. Was it a burglar in the night? Was my life in danger? My heart … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Fear, fear emotion, fear of failure, fear quotations, Headless Horseman, stress, worry
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Walking the tightrope to find a balanced life
When I was little the circus would come to town, and if my folks had the money we’d go see a performance. I liked the horses, didn’t find the clowns terribly funny, and gasped at the tigers and lions. But … Continue reading
Voluntary simplicity in a 272 channel television world
Photo: Wikimedia Creative Commons Sometimes ideas arrive in your life at exactly the time you need them. Tonight I was reading Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich by Duane Elgin. He describes how the … Continue reading
Posted in -Earth-, -Self-, Simplicity
Tagged Duane Elgin, Elvis Presley, Pablo Neruda, radio, reading, SesameStreet, Television program, TV, voluntary simplicity
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The Holy Ones
It is Sunday, and although I will not be going to church today, I got to thinking about things sacred and unseen. I’ve been wondering about what happens to the truly holy man (or woman) is our culture. By “our”, I … Continue reading
Posted in -People-, -Self-, Human Condition
Tagged crazy, holy men, holy women, New Age, religion, shaman, spirituality
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Living the simple life is not always simple
When I moved the country, I gave up a newspaper and check news on the Internet. I don’t do shopping much, either. WalMart somehow does not inspire the same window shopping mania for me that Williams Sonoma or Neiman Marcus … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Cinderella, desires, Neiman Marcus, Simplicity, Williams Sonoma
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Why we all could use a good time out
Remember as a little kid when you got placed in the corner for a timeout? This surprisingly effective maneuver on the part of the parents gives a tantrum-throwing youngster the chance to stop what they are doing and slow down … Continue reading
Posted in -Self-, Life Hacks
Tagged Books, goal setting, Library, temp jobs, timeout
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Honoring the experience of loss
How we squander our hours of pain. How we gaze beyond them into the bitter duration to see if they have an end. Though they are really seasons of us, our winter-enduring foliage, ponds, meadows, our inborn landscape, where birds … Continue reading
Posted in -Self-, Inspiration
Tagged acceptance, Aesop, Fables, loss, mourning, Rainer Maria Rilke
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Your next 30 years
Let me start with a quote from one of my favorite authors, Samuel Clements. At his 70th birthday celebration, Mark Twain outlined his own survival strategy: I have made it a rule to go to bed when there wasn’t anybody … Continue reading
Posted in -Self-, Human Condition, Inspiration
Tagged Dalai Lama, Education, life planning, Mark Twain, Thomas Merton
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Feel like a lab rat when you travel?
Photo by J.S. Chroe Imagine volunteering for an psychology experiment. You walk into a small room and are strapped into a seat measuring 17″ across (that’s five inches more than a foot) with a meager 31″ between you and the … Continue reading
Posted in -Self-, Health & Fitness, Life Hacks
Tagged Circadian rhythm, health, Jet lag, stress, travel
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A Look Forward 