spirituality
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Good and the Joy of “What Else is True”
A woman who brought aid in the form peer to peer counseling to world disaster areas taught this writer a question that has helped me and so many other people in a troubled world: And so what else is true… Continue reading
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Good, Xenophobia and the Gold of Common Ground
The price of gold has had a wild ride in these contemporary economies. That is largely because with gold we can fake it but we can’t make it (yet). Like gold, common ground exists and in terms of value to… Continue reading
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Good: Liberal Arts, and History’s Patterns to be Broken
This writer was once a consultant for organizations struggling for direction relative to mission. One afternoon I was the only male sitting with a group of much younger professional women after a fruitful afternoon of organizational work. In the post… Continue reading
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Good, Faux and True Authenticity, and Survival
One of our political parties is looking at the attribute ‘authenticity’ to strengthen their political approach. The challenge with authenticity is that it is nearly impossible to fake or predict. Our current leader is probably where he is because he… Continue reading
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Good and What is Deeper than Opportunism?
Capitalism and the American system take heavy criticism for being opportunistic. Some of that criticism is profoundly merited and some slightly hypocritical. We all tend to love opportunity when it serves our cause. The legal system is being exploited and… Continue reading
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Democracy and Truth: The Power of Knowing What Else is True
In a training session on Trauma Resilience the presenter who has worked the earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, and large disasters across the globe directly assisting people who appeared to have lost everything, forever, gave me a life saving question to ask. … Continue reading
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Good, Nurturance and Cultural Suicide.
The quality and strength of the nurturance communities a culture builds and sustains around the health of it’s future generations is the predictor of that culture’s future, if there is to be a future. Our culture is in trouble because… Continue reading
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Good and the Human Flaw
Exploding pagers and two way radios triggered these reflections but they are only the tipping point of a long history of concern. When your skin-close personal possessions and accessories suddenly are outed as potential weapons of war some kind of… Continue reading