The legacy of admissions and exclusionary endowments
July 25, 2023
I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member. Grouch Marx We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.
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Writing is part of my meditative process to clarify my thoughts, to align my actions and to focus on my purpose. I write about my emotions, my shortcomings, and my ideas for a better world through poetry, prose, and what I call rantifestos every day, some of which I post here on my blog and on social media. I share them to help others move along their paths to live and lead with compassion.
Freedom is in the eye of the beholder
July 3, 2023
Ever since happiness heard your name,it has been running through the streetstrying to find you. Hafiz During this long weekend we celebrate independence and our freedom. To
Meet someone new every week
May 2, 2023
Networking will improve our frames of reference. Some of these connections will take you on adventures of the spirit and the mind.
Good versus harm. Are we net positive?
April 18, 2023
I know you think you are a good person. Everyone does. And you are. But thinking and being are two different things.
It’s a small world after all
January 17, 2023
I am constantly amused by people’s surprise about the “smallness” of the world. It has always been small and accessible, but our declining awareness, our eroding consciousness keeps us from the extraordinary connectedness we have with others.
Okagesama and Ubuntu
January 9, 2023
When we are open to one another, when we embrace one another we become one another. I am because we are. I am what I am because of who we all are.
Small talk makes the world smaller
August 30, 2022
Of all the things I’ve learned, I believe conversations authentic, truthful. sharing of information, knowledge, feelings, is how we show our interest in one another—conversations are what changes the world. A great conversation that reveals and shares something about oneself can build bridges, forms alliances, create common ground, overcome differences and forge trusting bonds.
The Ocean of Community
June 27, 2022
We can not make real progress without engaging our enemies in the process of peace and a shared vision. Community must be truly inclusive, equitable and diverse.
From Moments to Movements
June 6, 2022
Silence becomes cowardice
when occasion demands
speaking out the whole truth
and acting accordingly.
Mahatma Gandhi
Whoever’s in charge of our spiritual airwaves must be pulling their hair out. The exponential growth in traffic for our thoughts and prayers, moments of silence has long ago exceeded the allotted bandwidth. Moments crashing into prayers and thoughts being obliterated by silence. It’s hard to keep up with the crisis of the moment. Our hearts have whiplash, scar tissue and calluses. And we don’t know what to think or how to feel.
I’m finding these “moments of silence” so meaningless. I believe in silence. I believe in the power of stillness and the ability to reflect on one’s thoughts, one’s behaviors and one’s potential actions. For self-improvement and for contributions to the greater good.
Lifecycle of Friends
May 16, 2022
Friendship is the hardest thing
in the world to explain.
It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned
the meaning of friendship,
you really haven’t learned anything.
Muhammad Ali
We all know the dreaded words, words that were uttered to me 😊, “Can’t we just be good friends?”
But these are words I crave to hear now!
Youthful exuberance, animalistic needs, reckless ambition, and of course our insatiable egos pushed and push many people away from us. People who could be great friends.
And through our wit and charm and really, sheer luck, you established and maintained a cadre of comrades.
Seems like my circle of good friends is mirroring my life. It is declining to its essence. The constellation of shiny friendships which once seemed infinite like the universe is becoming a smaller system of souls whose gravitational pull keeps me together.
I am filled with gratitude but wonder where it is going and why.
I just want good friends.
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