fulfillment

I’m not at all a Seinfeld fan, and this is really the only line I cite from that series. As a drug and alcohol counselor with homeless addicts, I talk a lot with my clients about serenity and what it means for them and their recovery. Many of them live in the streets, of course, and so finding peace at all is near impossible.  Read More »

Action and reaction are everywhere.  Read More »

All of us are fortunate.

We live in the best time there has ever been to be alive.
We have access the greatest learning and communication tool the world has ever known, and almost all of us remember when no one had it. The youngest of us are not unlikely to see the day when EVERY person on the planet has access to all of humanity’s learning.  Read More »

"a fact should be loved for itself alone."

The cold hard truth gets less credit than it deserves.

People like the portions of reality that help them, and make them feel more important, smarter, or please their preconceptions. That is not wrong, but the less fortuitous pieces of reality need love too. Altering the result is best done by embracing all the facts.  Read More »