Scene: Hotel room, London, packed house, More To Life Weekend, a few years ago. Someone shared the following, paraphrased from my memory – “I want to make a difference. I know I can. But any difference I make will only be consumed by the darkness of the collective. So I don’t see the point of... Learn More

I’ve been struggling with the difference between gossip and collaboration. To say nothing about anyone seems miserly – withholding data that could be helpful to a joint effort or to esprit de corps. On the other hand, talking about people behind their back seems malicious. What’s the line between the two? The other day, I... Learn More

This phrase from my support partner, Clare Vivian-Neal, struck a deep chord. My altruistic mind sees Standing as One as not only Real (we are all life forms on one planet in the hinterland of the Milky Way Galaxy), but necessary. On the other hand, I could lose my “I” in the process. My “I”... Learn More

Having faith in the Big Picture, especially when the Big Picture looks chaotic, horrific, just plain “wrong” – is the hardest. It’s made even more difficult when I don’t have faith in myself or in you (the specific and the ubiquitous you). Here’s the awful truth. When I’m faithless about ANYthing, it’s my ego’s way of... Learn More

Flanking the primary requisite of having faith in those heart-felt/visceral whispers and/or unrelenting, compelling dreams, there is the choice to have faith in those around us. An easy example. One look at my newborn – fierce love immediately – unshakeable, endless. When she was 12, I realized that in 6 more years, she would be... Learn More

Two weeks ago, 25 of us met at Artesian Lakes Resort – the course: Sacred Path in a Secular World. All of us intent on walking our unique, spiritual path within the world around us. We learned that it requires faith –  open-hearted, wide-eyed FAITH – no guarantee whatsoever. It does not mean I have... Learn More