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”
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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?”
