The Light Green Crayon

Since I’ve been doing Reiki practice, I have much more appreciation for feet. My now famous dog, Toby, looks in puzzlement as I try to negotiate slippery stairs and sidewalks on two feet. He cocks his head wondering why in Heaven’s name I am a biped. I can empathize with his puzzlement. It seems to…

There is a lot of mischief in thinking. The mind spins to solve problems so it must have problems to solve. This means that events must be interpreted as problems or potential problems. Is there any wonder that the lines at CVS are out the door? Everything is a problem, so we’re heightened and ready…

  Also known as our “stories,” our beliefs about ourselves can become indelible tattoos of limitation. Burdened by our conditioning and childhood vulnerabilities many of us live entire lives never flying free…never truly becoming the transparency, the portal through which Grace can shine through us into our Earthly stint as material beings. What a challenge…

If there is a downside to technology, it is justifying impatience. “I want it and I want it NOW!” The idea that some things take time feels like a violation to many of us. It all started with the TV dinner and microwaves! (No official validation of that, just my opinion.) Competition seems to bring…

There is a balancing act between our coping abilities and our stressors. We have external stress, like traffic, demands from family and work. We also have internal stress, like negative thinking and physical pain. When these stressors outweigh our ability to cope, the result is “distress.” Distress is a chronic state of not enough; not…

Our species started out as roamers. Our ancient ancestors moved with the seasons, finding fertile areas to hunt and gather. Later, we evolved into agrarians, planting crops, tending them, and harvesting the fruits of our labor. Bred into our ancient DNA is the need to process, rest and go within. The rhythms were natural, and…

How do you keep up? We all like to “know that we know!” When change is happening rapidly, we confront what we don’t know on a daily basis. This means accepting the “I Don’t Know Zone” as a part of daily living and accommodating to the learning necessary to move with the times. For me,…

Subjective Truth Since most of us operate under the rule of “confirmational bias,” i.e., selective confirmation for what we already believe, the notion of objectivity in the press has become a relic of the past. The competition for viewership, listenership and readership has polarized the media into warring camps. Bias Reporting? I wonder if the…