A day dedicated to Peace … (07/07/2022)

Not so boldly Heading … (07.07.2023)

Treating (all) others accordingly … (07/06/2020)

Becoming what we LOVE … (07/06/17)

He’s right, of course … We will never transcend the mistakes of our past by repeatedly repeating them.

Choosing the Road to Peace … (07/05/16)

Last year I got quite a bit of flack for sacrilegiously publishing my all-too-accurate portrayal of the United States (linked in comment box #01 below) on its “day of independence”, so this year I thought I would give you all a break on July 4th and not post anything at all — kind of let […]

Power over addiction … (07/03/14)

The great thing about addictions is that they are amazingly potent (and disturbingly persistent) opportunities for personal emPowerment. Getting down on ourselves for repeatedly succumbing to cravings for our own unique forms of “dope” (be they cigarettes or alcohol or meat or sugar or politics or religion or negativity) only makes those addictions stronger … […]

To Rise Again … (07/02/16)

America is falling, my Friends — and she, like so many nations before her, is falling hard; hard & fast into the chilling darkness of poverty & hunger & homelessness — hard & fast into the steaming haze of bigotry & divisiveness & anger — hard & fast into the slobbering maw of war falsely […]

All you fear to lose … (07/01/2022)

Reaching in; reaching UP … (06/30/2018)

Becoming the Change … (06/30/13)

“The world stands at a turning point. We simply cannot go on as if our old ways can continue to sustain us. If we are to have a future, then we can no longer be dependent on products that result from exploitation, suffering and environmental devastation.” ~ inspired by Angel Flinn We all know that […]

Solving Despair … (06/29/16)

It was ultimately a rough one for me today … The sheer meaninglessness of my job coupled with the outright nastiness and overbearing ignorance of the world got to me again and left me in somewhat of a foul mood. I mean, when you truly LOVE humanity and want soooooo much for EVERYONE to be […]