Reading Archive (Friendship)
Letter to My Grandson
Change is difficult for all of us. The older we get, the more change we face. All change involves loss, and whenever we lose...
When Winnie The Pooh Was Scared
“Piglet” said Pooh. “Yes,” said Piglet. “I’m scared,” said Pooh. For a moment there was...
I Am Nothing
What will you do if you're too tough to be a good woman, too sensitive to be a good man, too selfish to be a good husband, too lazy to be...
Past and Future: Two Streams of the Soul
Thus there are two streams, one from the past and one from the future, which come together in the soul -- will anyone who observes...
Heart And Soul Bonds
Our lives are greeted by different types of relationships. Some fun, some cozy and intimate, some crazy and adventurous, some...
Nature and Nonviolence
You don’t discriminate between the seed and the plant. You see that they ‘inter-are’ with each other, that they are...
We Are Between Stories
We live in an exciting time. As cultural historian, Thomas Berry put it: "We are between stories." The old story -- bracketed...
Honoring Complexity, Being Rooted in Simplicity
The complexity of life can mask its poignancy. The web of daily tasks and events can seem so manifold, so knotty and tangled, that the...
If Sameness Is A Demand We Make
When I lived in Hawaii, if the temperature dropped to 65 degrees Fahrenheit, we felt we had been hit with serious winter. In...