Going Bananas
When I bought my current residence in Mexico nearly 4 years ago, one of the exciting features was the banana trees clustered on a downhill slope near the south end… Read More
The Big Sell
A few years ago, a friend of mine was working for an agency that was resettling refugees from Sudan. Part of his job was to help them find an apartment… Read More
No Place on Earth
“There is no place on earth where we can be free of ourselves.” —Charlotte Joko Beck in Nothing Special: Living Zen Occasionally, while reading a book, a particular sentence… Read More
The Twin Sisters–A Fairytale
(Artwork the courtesy of Karla Jean Gallagher. See more at www.missprintsandmasterpieces.com,) Now, this is a story that happened not too long ago. There were two sisters who were identical twins. … Read More
What You Believe, You Perceive
Years ago I was part of a men’s spirituality group. We met every other week for a couple of hours. We focused primarily on A Course in Miracles and The… Read More
What Are You Waiting For?
I was recently reminded of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Most everyone is familiar with this story. It is a great adventure, but there is also… Read More
Fearful or Fearless? – Your Two Faces
Do you realize that you have two faces? Yes, there are only two faces you have to show to the world. The impacts of each face on the well-being and… Read More
Never Underestimate . . .
Back in the late 1960s when I was in graduate school at the University of Nebraska, a fellow graduate student, Bill, and I regularly played tennis at a park full… Read More
Did Curiosity Really Kill the Cat???
Have you ever met people who, simply put, were uninteresting? Perhaps it was because they only wanted to talk about themselves. Or maybe, they talked about only one subject–sports, politics,… Read More
The Ungrateful Dead
(Artwork the courtesy of Karla Jean Gallagher. See more at www.missprintsandmasterpieces.com,) My apologies to the Grateful Dead followers for this title. I chose it to write about gratitude because I… Read More