My new year’s resolution for 2021 is a simple one, although it’s going to take a little work and lots of daily reminders to put it in...

It’s Thanksgiving next week and I, for one, am not feeling particularly in the holiday spirit. I come from a large family and normally we...

Dear Self, First, an apology. Yesterday I said some pretty mean things to you. It was Monday and I don’t particularly like Mondays, and...

Published: Elephant Journal June 20, 2020 You’re not rich. You’re not famous. They don’t see you on television or read about you in their...

I was driving to the grocery store the other day and made the mistake of pulling in front of someone who apparently thought she owned the...

These are dark days for humankind. Published: Elephant Journal March 31, 2020 A dreaded virus has been let out of the bottle and creeps...

Published: Elephant Journal February 2, 2020 It was the longest night of my life. A night filled with surreal and phantasmagorical...

Published: Elephant Journal January 14, 2020 I sat by my father’s deathbed watching him labor for breath, wondering which one would be...

Published: Elephant Journal December 23, 2019 It’s your first holiday since losing a parent—and everything is the same and yet different....

Forty years of dealing with intense and at times turbulent emotions have taught me the importance of letting go. I have a Hamlet mind....

I sit this morning during my meditation watching the train of troubles pass by. Worries about my kids. My parents. My job. Things I need...

Published: Elephant Journal January 26, 2019 “Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.” – Jonah Lehrer We tend to think of life as a journey...

Who rules your life – you or your mind? An odd question, you might say. What’s the difference? I am my mind. My mind is me. Not true....

I The black bear’s got me again. Walked out this morning and there he was, before the men had made their rounds, rooting through the...

“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.” – Henry Ford Of all the self-defeating habits that steal our happiness...

Dear friends and readers, My apologies for not blogging recently. I took on an expanded role at my company a few months ago and I haven’t...

We all know that both good and evil live in the human heart, because we see varying amounts of each in the people and situations we...

The other day a friend gave me the tragic news that a former colleague of ours had died. He had recently lost his job, and so he rented a...

It’s a few days before the official start of spring here in southeastern Pennsylvania but winter is very much in control. We are still...

Our lives are frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. – Henry David Thoreau A new year has begun and so, for me, the annual purging...