“There is no substitute for learning to live in our bodies. All the tests and all the machines in the world will fail if we do not first become good animals.” ~ George Sheehan
Archives for 2012
What I Know to Do
For this sister life does not unfold like a mural with yellow bricks I can see stretching into the distance, guiding me along an illuminated ochre path.
Guardians Of The Deep
A Manta Ray blocks out the sun at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
Working Outside The Box
Over the years I have held many jobs. When I was a teenager I cleaned for a friend of my mothers. The woman lived down the street from us and suffered from arthritis, she needed the help and I needed the cash, it worked out well for both of us. As I got older I […]
The Philippines, Part 1 – A Tropical Mosaic
Bohol, in the southern Visayas region, is about an hour and a half by Supercat ferry from Cebu and the region’s air gateway, Mactan Island International Airport, about 600km south of Manila.
Minute to Freedom #57: Tough Love
Today let’s talk about tough love. So what is that? Has it ever seemed like someone is taking advantage of you, even when you may have told them to stop.
Vector
The proboscis of an Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on human blood. The Asian Tiger Mosquito, has been found to be a vector of West Nile Virus.
The Gate
Author Wanda Lambeth wonders if she helped her father’s death be easier for him and tries to cope with being an adult orphan facing her own fragile mortality.
T.D. Jakes: A Review of “Maximize the Moment”
My coach recently suggested that I read Maximize the Moment by T.D. Jakes. Now mind you, I was reading it to listen to the voice of the author. Meaning I was to grasp the way he spoke to the reader, but that was not the case. I found myself reading the book for content rather […]
Embarrassment is Motivation!
Social fear tactics do not work on those who have no social fear. Now I’m not suggesting spontaneously freaking out to incite reactions from innocent shoppers, but just as a for instance, would it hurt anyone to intentionally walk like a zombie down the street, trying not to laugh at the absurdity of the situation – at the others who unintentionally walk like zombies down the street?
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