Graduation

All Going For the Master’s Degree

From a hand analysis perspective, each of us on this earth is automatically enrolled in the University of Life. We will automatically attract situations and challenges that will stretch us and move us toward greater wisdom and understanding in life. Our choice is to participate willingly, or to duck out of classes and avoid having to do the hard work of finding real meaning in life.   Socrates said, “An unexamined life is not worth [...] Read more »

Story of Rose

Meeting Rose

Something about the poised eight year old girl, that I shall call Rose, caught my eye that day. We were at a memorial service and this child drew me to her like a moth to a flame, among the crowd of heavy-hearted mourners. She had an air of calmness about her and a clear-eyed steady gaze, completely unexpected in such a young child.   I used my longer reach to help her get what she [...] Read more »

Wendy's tulip

Wendy’s Tulip

  Sometimes life does not work out the way we had planned. We think we have all the time in the world to get around to everything, but we can sometimes be wrong. Wendy was a friend of mine who ran a bed and breakfast in the wine country in the town of Napa. She was the younger sister of my friend Julie. In our youth we all sewed elegant Renaissance costumes to wear to [...] Read more »