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Right Path – Wrong Way
The directions said go left, we went right. The hike was a loop either way, but from the map I thought going right would take us up the steepest section first. Ten minutes along the trail we struggled to make sense of the written directions in the guidebook. The book...
A Word For Band-Aids
I was building a bookshelf when the screwdriver slipped and drove into the flesh of my forefinger. Not too deep, but deep enough to pierce all the layers of skin and get some blood flowing. I wanted to keep working and didn’t want a mess so I went to the bathroom,...
What If This Is Training?
Two border officers on the other side of the counter made comments and asked questions for forty-five minutes. The longer it went, the worse I felt. I was told my American girlfriend gave reason to think I might stay in America and work. I was fingerprinted and asked...
Skin Deep – Life Beyond Flaws
There is no greater vanity than to value things for what they are called rather than for what they are. However, every age produces the kind of man who pays more attention to appearances than to facts.” (Vasari, Lives of the Artists, 1568) ...
Umbilicus: Where’s the Belly Button of Your Life?
If one walks the Roman Via Sacra down from the Capitoline Hill and to the east, there is a round stump of brick and mortar. To the left is the Curia, the meeting place of the Senate originally built by Julius Caesar. The Rostra, where important announcements were once...
Target Fixation
I almost hurt myself in an S-curve on 8th Avenue that curls up through a ravine just east of 192nd Street. It is the best set of corners for ten kilometers in any direction. I had ridden cruisers on that road before, Yamahas and Harley’s that rolled at their own pace...
The Blind Leading The Blind
Who have I followed blindly? I journeyed to Mumbai to meet a man who led a group of eighty disgruntled souls into a community of three hundred thousand people committed to service and growth. I wanted to know how he did it. He sent his driver to fetch us. As I waited...
Emotional Exercise
I had an emotional workout yesterday as well. I pulled towards hope and strained with disappointment. I pushed back in conflict and hung on with perseverance. I can feel it today. If life isn’t getting any easier, I want to get stronger. Do emotional muscles get sore,...
Flying like an Eagle, Dealing with Crows
The wind was so strong that tree-tops danced and thick trunks swayed, but an eagle hovered above them in the turbulent sky. I pulled off the road to watch the sheer majesty of it. If the wind surged, the creature adjusted a single feather and held its place. While I...