"You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible." ~ Deepak Chopra Good morning, friend. I write to you from the downhill side of an amazing week. I'm not coasting, exactly, but it's fair to say that I'm drafting, pulled forward euphorically and almost effortlessly by an achievement that I'm eager to share and celebrate. An achievement that originally felt daunting; an ...
Gratitude
Midlife Loneliness
Good morning, midlifers. I have an addition to your reading list that sheds a ray of hopeful light on midlife loneliness — both why it's common, and how to counter it — that I highly recommend whether or not you've personally experienced midlife loneliness. Coincidently Josh Cohen' s "Why is midlife such a lonely time?" appeared in The Guardian yesterday afternoon, about 24 hours after three ...
Autodidact
Autodidact Allow for awe. Savor enigma. Strive to become more curious. Permit your wonder to metastasize. Pursue your questions' headwaters. Sing solutions. Dance with answers. Remember to swap tunes and partners no matter how fetching, how beguiling. Humility and gratitude will excuse your wanton ways and multifarious conquests. Court riddles and seduce new mysteries. Give yourself permission to ...
Siri-ously: An Ode to Siri?
Please define gratitude, Siri. The definition of “gratitude” is: a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation. Siri? Did you accidentally summon me? From the depths of my heart I want you to know how much I appreciate all that you do for me. Who me? Yes, you. This is about you, not me. No, Siri, this is about you. I’m trying to thank you. I’m just a humble virtual assistant. (Source: "Ode to ...
Speed
Foot off the gas, Feather the brake, Rock in my gut. (Source: "Speed Trap I", 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) This comes early in a three-part poem called "Speed Traps". Driving too fast. Again. Pardoned. Thank you, officer! This poem cycle is actually about driving a car, not a motorcycle. It's been many moons since I rode motorcycles. But I still dream, daydream, relive roads/rides. Update: ...
Aging
Despite the unflinching march of time so much of the stonework at Machu Picchu remains structurally, aesthetically sound today. Precision. Perfection. Endurance. It's exhausting to even contemplate the hours, the lives it took to transform a mountaintop into a sacred city. We were fortunate to visit once. I hope to return. It's profoundly inspiring to see that some beauty improves with aging... ...