Everything about today was magical – even the flat on my car at 7:30 this morning. (I met a wonderful man, who changed my tire.) With 3 adult tires and a baby tire, I continued on to the May, 2009 Pay It Forward More To Life Weekend Pilot Team Experience …. whew!  What a mouthful!... Learn More

Apartheid is an Afrikaner word, pronounced "apart hate" – which seems appropriate. It was a slogan in the 1948 election in South Africa that institutionalized racial segregation for the next 40+ years.  Three years after The Election (when Nelson Mandela became President), I was leading a More To Life Weekend in Johannesburg, and one young... Learn More

A whole plane-load of people were standing in line, waiting to go through Customs in Johannesburg. The line for Africans was short and quickly cleared, so a floor manager moved a lot of us non-Africans over to the African line. Smart, I thought. The woman behind me started making derisive comments about "the way they... Learn More

Sue Oldham, Judy Box and I signed up for an inter-island sailing trip in Hawaii for about a week. We had loads of fun, did some snorkeling (no wet suits needed, thank goodness), learned how to feed frozen green peas to outrageously colored fish (who would have thought?), learned a little bit about sailing. I... Learn More

I was visiting my friend, Bill Boothe, who was living in Tampa, FL at the time. While he was at work, I went for a stroll along a cement walkway on the edge of Tampa Bay. It was one of those warm-sun/cool-wind days, and I was feeling peaceful and alive at the same time. Every... Learn More

There are at least two sides to being a spiritual warrior. In the previous post, I mentioned that engaging with Reality is a hallmark of the spiritual warrior. There is another hallmark … trusting your heart, even when it doesn't seem practical or make sense. When I was 50 years old, I sold everything but... Learn More