“You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all.” — James Baldwin There our days to dance and dream and mix it up with the world. And there are days when we must…
Nature’s first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay.— Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay Halfway through another month as I publish this, and I shake my head at the magic…
Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rainThe week before, they all seemed the sameWith the help of God and true friends, I’ve come to realizeI still have two strong legs, and even wings to flySo I, ain’t a-wastin time no more‘Cause time goes by like hurricanes, and faster things— Gregg L. Allman, Ain’t Wastin’…
In the last few days, a trio of musicians have passed away. They say these things happen in threes, and there you go. Jimmy Buffett, Steve Harwell from Smash Mouth and Gary Wright all passed away within a couple of days of each other. Each is a part of our soundtrack in their own way,…
I’m growing older but not upMy metabolic rate is pleasantly stuckLet those winds of time blow over my headI’d rather die while I’m livin’ than live while I’m dead— Jimmy Buffett, I’m Growing Older But Not Up Two events happened concurrently over the last few days that rocked the boat for me. Jimmy Buffett passed…
“Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him—that is the best account of it that has been yet given. Squalor and tragedy can beckon to all that is great in us; and strengthen the wings of love.” ― E.M. Forster, Howards End We are, each of us, on borrowed time. There’s no…
“Five decades ago, some very kind people in Japan slipped me the secret: you can dramatically extend life—not by multiplying the number of your years, but by expanding the fullness of your moments.” ― Shinzen Young, The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works “Pay more attention to every moment, however mundane: to find novelty not…
“It’s the very last thing, isn’t it, we feel grateful for: having happened. You know, you needn’t have happened. You needn’t have happened. But you did happen.” — Douglas Harding My brother was told he had six months left to live. This was naturally shocking to him, less so for some of us who have…
I spent a lifetimeWaiting for the right timeNow that you’re nearThe time is here, at lastIt’s now or neverCome hold me tightKiss me my darlingBe mine tonight— Elvis Presley, It’s Now or Never What is your five year plan? Do you have one? Or should we simply live in the moment? Is there purpose in…
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.” — Charles Bukowski There is a Persian lime tree growing in a large pot on the sunny deck behind my…