Remember raising your hand in class and asking to go to the “lavatory”? (There’s a word you don’t hear much anymore.) Perhaps now you are the one signing permission slips for class trips and missed days at school, yet throughout life and even as adults, the need for permission remains, sometimes under the surface of our awareness. Read more
A few weeks ago a friend of mine was in a serious car accident. The scene involved a horrific traffic jam, a helicopter, ambulances, and sadly, a fatality. Fortunately, my friend received only minor scrapes and bruises. A week later, she told me that she now had complete clarity about how to handle a business dilemma with which she had been grappling in prior weeks. With her renewed comprehension of how precious life is, she realized that she had the power to propose her own terms on this business deal rather than accept the less attractive conditions that were on the table. Read more
Is freedom something bestowed or declared? Is it earned, claimed, or innately present? Ask ten people and you will receive as many answers. In the personal realm, we measure freedom in terms of our own health, our work, our choices, time, finances, and obligations. In the larger context of society and the world, freedom is measured in terms of governance, security, economics, religion, and self-expression. There is also freedom as it exists within the landscape of our minds and hearts. Read more