Master Teachers…Last Call?

Doesn’t life seem a bit assbackwards as my dad use to say? As I am sitting here in the end stage of my life, I have begun to wonder would I have done the things I’ve done, if knew then, what I know now? To be really transparent and at the risk of sounding crazier than...

Tricky Truth or Compassionate Speak

Truth is tricky! We know that truth without compassion is brutality. Truth without compassion is another form of violence. It’s a lot of  yakkity yak and when it’s said without compassion it is normally filled with assumptions and judgment. Today, that kind of ...

A Value Driven Life

One of the new thought phrases we often hear, is that we should be living a purpose driven life, but what does that mean?  How does one decide on a purpose, fulfill a purpose and create a purpose driven life?  I think it might be simpler than we think.  What’s under a...

Embrace it All

In my twenties, while siting in an old Italian restaurant, I noticed a couple of people wandering around from table to table. One was selling roses and the other a fortune teller, dressed as a gypsy, who eventually approached our table. She quietly saddled up beside...

Words

Words My mother was an alcoholic. Until the day she died, no, even long after, the words spinning in my head were wonderings about what a can of Coors offered her that I could not. There are certain experiences and certain words in life that humble you. They bring you...