When I was in elementary school, I earned the responsibility of serving as a crosswalk safety captain. I wore a white strap around my...

What Brings You Peace When The Agents of Chaos Are At Work? Do you know that the astrology for 2025 warns of dire situations of chaos,...

None of your business: STFU Someone else is talking: STFU Someone else’s choices & decisions: STFU if you don’t agree Someone sharing...

I wish I had $5 for every time I see a video from a 20-something influencer on social media share how women over 50 ‘ought to’ wear their...

“Back then I could not understand one word of what I read. Reading did, however, give me heart. Even if you cannot understand what you...

With wars and rumors of wars, economic collapse, unhinged leaders, political instability, rise of dangerous nationalism / theocracy /...

What is the ‘maturity continuum’? Author Stephen Covey introduced his readers to the ‘maturity continuum’ in his popular book, The 7...

(* Part of the title of this blog post is also partially the title of a couple of poems and a book that I’ll discuss in the body of the...

There is a lot of ‘grabbing’ happening lately: grabbing human rights away, grabbing from the poor to give to the wealthy, grabbing power...

In the 1960s and 70s when I was growing up, getting a high vibe and being high meant something quite different from what’s referred to...

“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing” (Euripides, https://www.socratic-method.com/quote-meanings-interpretations/euripid...

Empathy has been called some pejorative things lately and what you’ve been hearing is not true of empathy.  Before continuing to read...

Have you heard of ‘tapping’?  No, I’m not referring to a crude definition of the word in Urban Dictionary  and I’m not referring to the...

For a moment, after you’ve read the following question, close your eyes and think about who comes to mind: Who is the worst, the baddest...

(* phrase attributed to Arianna Huffington) While the title is flirting with you, this blog essay is not as improper. Instead, it’s...

Malala Yousafzai, activist for education for girls and women and the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, who, on...

Be honest with yourself when you answer this question: are you okay with your current reality?   How many of you answered ‘yes’ with no...

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm” (Winston Churchill). “If you find it in your heart to care for...

With Valentine’s Day coming up this week, it’s a great time to look at self-love and self-care because not all of us are romantically...

On 2/14/25, I am leaving Facebook / Meta.  So this week and next week are the last weeks I’ll post my weekly blog on that social media...