This is a message to the More To Life community in Cape Town, South Africa from Manndi Schuld, Chair of the Steering Committee for the MTL program there – a clarion call to proactivity in the middle of reactivity: Dear More to Life CommunityExactly a week before Way of a Spiritual Warrior SA (South Africa)... Learn More

Discovering the Unnoticed Should's The unnoticed should's seem to pop up frequently in my life. Just when I am imagining myself to be clear and open to whatever Life brings me (I call that a good hair day – everything goes right), I end up being upset, pissed off, hurt, sad, or just plain stunned.... Learn More

Events that Shouldn't Have Happened My sister shouldn't have died of von Recklinghausen's Disease. She was almost 24 years old. Her name was Susie, Mary Susan. My demand that she should have had a full life kept me stuck back in May, 1970, as I watched her being wheeled through our foyer in a body... Learn More

"Should" (and all its cousins, "ought, must, need, have to") is a way to self-incarcerate.  The "should edict" takes away my trust in my heart's integrity and my freedom to choose my way forward in each moment. And instead, it limits my choice to one – how I should be or what I should do.... Learn More

Justin Cloete and his wife Michelle recently became the proud parents of Ruby Isabella, a tiny little heart-stealer. In the short time since Ruby's debut, Justin has already run into a long list of "Should's" – normal for new parents – OK, normal for Everybody at any time. He knew that "should" was a demand... Learn More

Antony Sharman wrote the following as a comment on my previous blog posting: Children make us live our life over – and over again. It is a remarkable parent who is recharged by their child and who can see the difference between their own angst and the life-force of their offspring. Antony languaged something for... Learn More