To Send or Not to Send

The temptation to get the last word in a fight via email is the attempt of the ego to have you all to itself.

A Lark

Don't underestimate the power of whimsy.

don't throw out the baby with the bathwater

The qualities of personality that make us crazy are just waiting to be dog-whispered into workable talents.

Mental Statesmanship

No fair driving yourself crazy!

Living in a Social World

You can't run the world like a business because societies are more complex than fiscal entities, and people are not products.

Existence and Existentialism

"Wow," said the chimp to the robot, "It must be so easy to get through life without any feelings to get in the way." The robot said, "I think therefore I am; and that's all I got."

Rust Becomes the Wheel

Our culture desensitizes us to the concept of wasting time.

Out of the Frying Pan

Don't ever fool yourself into thinking you can solve any relationship problem by sending an email.

Hot Air

If someone's trying to intimidate you it means they're bluffing.

The Known and the Unknown

You can't un-know someone.

Life's Investigations

Leave no stone unturned except the ones you don't want to touch, can't lift, or haven't yet discovered.

Mean People Suck

Beware of those in your life who are mean to others.  Eventually, they will be mean to you.

That Fine Line Gets Fat Sometimes

If you're lucky, you'll find it's a lot harder to be mediocre than it is to be very clever

The Examined Life

Anybody who hasn't had at least one crisis of faith hasn't been paying attention.

And My Heart Beats So...

Arguing about the afterlife is like bickering over what the weather is going to be like before you've even stepped outside.

It Calls for Understanding

"It is what it is" = "I don't want to talk about what matters to you right now."

Imprints

We become what we do, as individuals and as a species.

Way Out: Way Home

The opposite of existential angst is found in the slight upward curve of the smile on a sleeping puppy.

Beauty, Eye of Beholder, All That

The true test of the quality of poetry
is whether it's still
any good
after the
breakup.

(Cringing she reads his.)
(Flummoxed she reads hers
then turns to a book on
neuroscience).

Take What You Need and Leave the Rest

The notion that "today is the first day of the rest of your life!" is nightmarish. What the hell was yesterday all about then?

Nothing Static

Whether one sees the glass as half empty or half full depends on whether it is in the process of being emptied or filled up.

Aw, C'mon, Get Wise

There is always room for doubt. Whether it is useful to the circumstance requires a balance of subjectivity, objectivity, critical thinking and compassion. The development of wisdom is ongoing.

Obstacle or Angel?

Sometimes the slow moving vehicle in front of you is an obstacle, sometimes it's an angel.  To know the difference, you have to be in the present moment.

From Hip to Shop

Today's "edgy" is tomorrow's corporate marketing tool.

Slim to None

Need to lose a quick five pounds?  Simply don't put your pants in the dryer!

See Saw Seen Sun Son Sonny Sorry

One marched so far to the right he fell off. The other marched so far to the left he fell off. Whipped thru the universe by various gravitational pulls, they flew thousands of light years and into a black hole. Still, they natter and anti-natter.

Micro ro ro your boat

Inside everything is something more.

Shared Info Set Free

Remember: anyone is everyone on the internet. What you post roams the world forever (or falls through the slats of the matrix onto the floor of the universe).

Healthy Humors

A sense of humor is a happiness generator.  Everyone should have one!

Viva la Soul

Do not get attached to other people’s emotions.  Empathy builds character; codependence is a soul killer.

Vocabulary!

Love means never having to use emoticons.