Purposeful Wanderings

“We all continually move on the edges of eternity, and are sometimes granted vistas through the fabric of illusion.”                                                                     —– Ansel Adams, Autobiography     There was a time when prevailing belief held that the earth was flat, and if you were to reach the edge, you’d fall off. Although the belief itself has long [...]

“To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others.”  —- David Whyte  Life seems to conspire to demand more and more of us – things to do, people to see, tasks at work, cell phones, TV, Facebook, the news, things to buy, etc. Worse, we’re expected to [...]

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else.”      – Yogi Berra  If you listen carefully to others (or to yourself, for that matter), you may hear all manner of stories about why life doesn’t work or why things don’t go as desired. Not enough time, too many things to do, [...]

“Life accepts only partners, not bosses, because self-determination is at the root of being.”  — Finding Our Way, Margaret Wheatley   One of the top stories in the news lately concerns the unusual amount of rainfall in the Midwestern U.S., and the subsequent flooding of the lower Mississippi River. The situation has become dire in terms [...]