Do You Need a Plan B? Part 1
You usually have a pretty good Plan A. But do things always go the way you plan? Or does your day get completely out of hand? Our goals, our to-do lists, even our visions and mapped out paths are more often than not in danger of surprises. As you became an adult, did you know you […]
Thoughts for the end of summer
We seem to like beginnings and endings. Letting go of “summer” and preparing for “fall” gives us a clean slate so we can choose anew the mantras we want to embody! Pick yours! […]
QUARTZ, PARCHMENT, SHEARS..?
Or, more familiarly, “Rock Paper Scissors!” Do you remember as a child settling disputes (such as who would be ‘it’) by playing this simple game? It’s a time-honored, important decision making game, right up there with flipping a coin, drawing straws and throwing dice! And how do you settle those questions of who goes first, […]
“We” Invented Hot Blue?
Hot blue, sadly, is not born of the natural world. There are no hot-blue vegetables or flowers, no hot-blue fruits or whole grains. Actually, there is no actual blue food. Even blueberries are actually purple! I don’t know why they are called “blueberries” but they are purple. (There are indigo purplish-blue fruits though.) And scientifically […]
Think on these stories…
Don’t be like the man who joined a monastery in which the monks were allowed to speak only two words every seven years. After the first seven years had passed, the new initiate met with the abbot, who asked him, “Well, what are your two words?” “Food’s bad,” replied the man, who then went back […]