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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.

Not Doing is Your Undoing

We don’t need pessimists or optimists. Or for that matter, “realists.” We need activists! People who act on their values, walking their path of passion and purpose.

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Get closer to what you seek

People who say it cannot be doneshould not interrupt those who are doing it.Attributed to many people Why are you hesitating, holding back, reluctant to

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Beyond Burnout

When you feel outside of yourself,a decreased sense of meaning in your life,and you have most everything that you are supposed towant in your life, but then you look

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Crooked Hearts, Crooked Neighbors

You shall love your crooked neighborwith your crooked heart. WH Auden If only it were all so simple!If only there were evil people somewhereinsidiously committing evil deeds,and it were necessary only to separate

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Imagine Sisyphus Happy

  We tend to think of Sisyphus as a tragic hero,condemned by the gods to shoulder his rocksweatily up the mountain, and again up the mountain,

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