On New Year’s Day I was working out in the gym. Rocking along to some 80’s music when out of nowhere, Stevie Wonder’s smooth music slid into my ears: “When we believe in things we don’t understand, we suffer.” Truer words were never spoken. I thought about the previous year and all the complexity heldContinue reading “Defining Definitions – To suffer”
Author Archives: Meliorisms
Yoga for Uncertainty
Last weeks theme in yoga was uncertainty. One thing is certain, there’s a lot of uncertainty in the world. The people who will survive and thrive through these changes, are the people who understand a simple, yet complicated reality: The only things in life that are guaranteed, are death and change. I live in aContinue reading “Yoga for Uncertainty”
Do I have too much empathy?
A few years ago I was coming home from a trip and my sister picked me up at the airport. It was a late night flight and we were the only car on the highway. We were deep in conversation when out of nowhere a dark shadow came up out of the corner of myContinue reading “Do I have too much empathy?”
At Least I’m not Homeless
When I was young, my mother used to say she was going to go live on the street to show her children how privileged we were. I never understood her point but we used to beg her to keep that promise. She never did. When I moved to the city I didn’t give people whoContinue reading “At Least I’m not Homeless”
Weaving Design or Disaster ?
I started weaving in the early 1980’s. It wasn’t a direct route to the process. Life, like weaving, is an intersection of events that make a seemingly simple thread- or path – part of an entire cloth, or life. So my path to weaving was just like life. My parents made me go to college.Continue reading “Weaving Design or Disaster ?”
Pandemic Adventures in the City
Some of my family and friends worry that I live in the city during the world’s worst pandemic. For them, it’s the perfect storm for a disaster. I look at it very differently. First, I live in a building that is locked down. No one other than immediate family is allowed in. I have aContinue reading “Pandemic Adventures in the City”
Living in the City
I have a rule, be on the subway by 10:30 pm or take a Lyft. But it’s New Year’s Eve so I’m safe. There will be plenty of people on the subway. I can do this. My confidence, driven by Champagne and wine, makes the subway accessible. Walking Market Street, I navigate the crowds likeContinue reading “Living in the City”
Can Humans Grow Roots?
A few months ago, my apartment was packed for another move. Hopefully the last in a long time. Whatever “long time” means… Moving is hard work, but it’s also exciting. It’s taken me 3 years to decide to make my adventure in the city permanent. I grew up in the suburbs. Well, really I grewContinue reading “Can Humans Grow Roots?”
Does anyone listen anymore or are we all so busy talking we can’t hear?
Listening is a lost art. In my past life I wasn’t a good listener. I would be in a conversation with someone and when they said something I wanted to reply to, I would start gathering my thoughts in my head. Then, when there was a pause, and sometimes there wasn’t a pause, I wouldContinue reading “Does anyone listen anymore or are we all so busy talking we can’t hear?”
