Drop a frog into a pot of extremely hot water and it will immediately leap out.  Put that same frog in a pot of cool water that slowly heats to a boil and the frog will not jump out.  It will remain in the increasingly hot water until it eventually boils and dies.  Why does […]

**Reposting as I miss my daily fix due to COVID!** We are a coffee culture.  In fact, coffee is so woven into the fabric of our daily lives that we don’t just simply drink coffee, we have coffee.  It is so integrated in our daily routine and often feels like an experience, an event of some […]

America is at her breaking point; in just three plus years we’ve devolved into a perilous state destroying the fabric of our democracy. Institutions like the FBI and court systems are under attack, the media is the enemy of the people spreading fake news, there’s persistent paranoia of the deep state, and our Constitution is […]

We are battling two viruses, often concurrently, but both devastating in different ways. The COVID-19 virus is a pandemic on a scale never seen in our lifetimes and has gripped all of humanity. It is an invisible enemy that has rapidly spread to all corners of the earth, reaching a milestone of 100,000 deaths in […]

*Reposting* Now is the time to recharge if we can free ourselves from the undercurrent of stress and anxiety this pandemic causes on our psyche. In our modern world today, this turbo-charged rat race we call daily existence, our schedules are so busy we rarely come up for air.  Aside from the random vacation or […]

*Reposting with the hope that we will yearn and desire a renewed connection with community once we don’t need to socially isolate* I was walking out of a supermarket when a homeless man pushing a shopping cart caught my attention in the far corner of my eye. He was hard to ignore, talking – yelling, […]

A walk in the park A cool Autumn breeze My mind in the dark Filled with dis-ease Why does the past Which should be left behind Always loop and rewind In the wheels of my mind? And what about tomorrow The anxiety of future lies Why do I feel such sorrow When all I see […]

Santino is a remarkable chimpanzee at a zoo in Sweden. He clearly is not a morning chimp, as he would get agitated at the early visitors to the zoo and start hurling stones at the spectators. Can’t an ape just get a li’l peace & quiet to start his day? But the extraordinary part of […]

In our youth obsessed culture, the transition into middle age can be bumpy and even dramatic. It conjures up images of shiny red sports cars, faces jacked up on botox and erratic behavior from otherwise stable adults. Indeed, there are many signs that signal the arrival of this phase: Empty nest, affairs, menopause, job burnout, […]

As we all try to manage our lives on our personal journey – the struggles and challenges that confront us – unbeknownst to us, there is a higher purpose to our daily existence. A far greater calling. But we often cannot see past the grind of daily life, much like the forest for the trees. […]