I am constantly inspired by the relentless imperative of the human spirit to survive the destructive web of half-truths, could-be-truths, and downright lies that the human mind insists on fabricating in an attempt to make sense of the incomprehensible. I am also amazed at how one person overcoming one such tangle of deceit impacts an... Learn More

Colette Stevens and I were talking this week via skype ( I love skype – she was in London, I was in Johannesburg, and the call was free)!  She is a spiritual warrior of the first order, as you will see. I have her permission to share a story from her life. When she was... Learn More

I first met Peaceful when she was secured to her mother’s back by a blanket, she was just a few days old. Now she is 12. The picture of her in pink is when she was 9; the picture of her standing was taken  yesterday. She is Ana Thulari’s daughter. Ana is the maid for... Learn More

 Sharon Parish was an important person in my life – in fact, she still is important to me. Among her many attributes, including the well-exercised talent of loving unconditionally, she had an innate, intuitive connection to Mother Earth. She taught me a lot in her too-short life. Today, at my friend Isabel Vidal’s home in... Learn More

So here I am, 29,000 feet over the Mediterranean Sea, blasting through the atmosphere at 573 miles an hour in a big silver cigar-tube with a body in every seat – yes, Every Seat –10 seats to a row, not sure how many rows, but a very long plane. I’m in the seat closest to... Learn More

"Perfect is a state my mind has made up, so that I can never be good enough." Quote by Lucy Ackerman, participant in Behold the Spirit!, and one of my very good friends. The More to Life ProgramDenver, ColoradoOctober, 1997