“My actions are my only true belongings.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Too much energy has been spent on observing the bully and bullies, analyzing their personality profiles, motivations and unspoken, often unspeakable, tabooed desires and aspirations, dancing around their needs and tantrums, predicting their next steps. Who is being forgotten…

Seasonal Cultural Rituals Boost Crafts, Connection and Engagement (And Can Phase Out Consumerism, Nature Deficit Disorder, Isolation and Other Dysfunctions) Life is worth living even if you don’t have access to art, music, literature and human expressions that feed the heart. But … you will always try to make up for the lack of harmony and lack of delight in beauty, often in unhealthy ways. So a culture that includes…

In Early May, After Many Days Of Rain The spring in rain that preps the soil for production is a great metaphor for the ingredient that will let the scales fall from our eyes. We notice what plants have been growing, sprouting and stretching. We notice that the streets look clean and well-kept. Plants have alerted the ancestors…

Creativity comes from the heart. People who innovate and have new ideas are receiving impulses from a place they may not be able to describe, but that place, or realm, moved their heart. People who play the same old tapes, regurgitate contents that they have already read or heard before…

“While history is telling you the same old thing, this is tomorrow calling, let’s stick a new oar in. This is tomorrow calling, y’all, and come on in.” Lyrics sung by Bryan Ferry Maybe you have heard versions of the idea that “some people can not show their love too…

Without self-reflection, there is no happiness. The happiness of those who do not introspect is random and unmaintainable, neither robust nor progressive. Those who do introspect can grow their good states, identify, extend and maximize them. With that awareness, they can bring joy to their community: people witness them and…

— dedicated to Maya Angelou’s insight “when they show you who they are, believe them” and to Marlon Brando’s facial expressions in The Godfather — Years ago, in a different neighbourhood, a grumpy cat caught my attention. He did not bother anyone. …

A new lunar year, the Chinese Year of the Rabbit. Rabbits are representations of the arts, gentleness, resourcefulness and, if you read between the lines, of peace and prosperity and prosperity through peace. According to this interpretation, the coming months should be more constructive than 2022, marked by higher discernment…

When you start putting on the lenses of gratitude — from rose coloured glasses to a magnifying glass to a microscope –, you start noticing things: maybe your eyes wandered to crises, trouble and troublemakers too much, trying to help, pacify and bring relief, and you didn’t please yourself enough…