I Like the Way You Part Your Hair
When my son was in the second grade, I volunteered in his class. It was a classroom with eight very gifted, yet very challenging, young boys. One particular afternoon, one of the little boys in the class was particularly cranky and angry. I asked the teacher,...Vision Quest – Be What You See
It was a foggy, icy day. I was driving on I-95, my son Jeffrey in the passenger seat. We were heading back from North Carolina after visiting colleges. I broke the silence, “Jeffrey, what did you think of High Point?” “It was OK,” came his monotone reply. “That’s it?...
What I Saw From My Hotel Room
This morning, my son Jeffrey suggested we meditate together. “Great,” I replied, “where should we sit?” “The view is nice from the hotel window, let’s just sit here.” I looked out the window in incredible disbelief. “What the heck?” I thought. And then I said, “What I...
Will the Oncologist Give Up on Your Loved One?
In my work, I hear it a lot… “I’m 40 years old, I’m not going to reinvent myself now.” And then there’s… “I am going to retire in a few years, so let the new kids learn that stuff.” And what about… “My father died when I was six,” or “My wife had an...
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