Mother's Day Blues
My blog at Psychology Today reflecting on all those whose Mother Day is complicated by a less than ideal relationship with their mother....
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smshige3
- May 4
- 2 min
Living and Giving
"So what can I get?" Her reply humbled my heart "Ask, 'What can I give?'" In my college class yesterday we reflected on our tendency to...
smshige3
- Apr 28
- 1 min
Life in Every Breath
When I remember I feel life in every breath Every cup of tea This haiku comes from a scene in the film Last Samurai in which a samurai...
smshige3
- Apr 25
- 2 min
Farewell Harry Belafonte
I grew up with the voice of Harry Belafonte filling my living room with his tender, moving, and joyous songs. One of the few records we...
smshige3
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Blooming Once Again
They said I was dead Yet I hoped for one more spring And look, I'm still here! My cherry tree received a death sentence two years ago....
smshige3
- Apr 6
- 1 min
The Promised Land
I'm happy tonight I've been to the mountaintop seen the promised land Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord On April 3,...
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- Apr 2
- 1 min
Farewell Mr Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed from this world leaving his spirit and music with us. I feel a strange sense of connection as he was born...
smshige3
- Mar 28
- 1 min
Respect others, Respect ourselves
When Shohei Otani addressed his teammates before the championship baseball game he exhorted them to respect American opponents while also...
smshige3
- Mar 17
- 1 min
The grandmother never known
Grandmother left this world When my dad was just a child He was left alone With a wound passed on to me That only our love could bind On...
smshige3
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Fly Away
Let me fly away Soaring free to the heavens Beyond pain and grief And though I may fall from grace The one I become will catch me
smshige3
- Mar 11
- 2 min
Making Peace with Nature
Last night during a talk about destiny we paused for a moment of silence at 14:46 Japan time to commemorate the twelfth anniversary of...
smshige3
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Hummingbird, fly away
We're all captivated by the struggles of a hummingbird trapped in our room trying to get through the glass window. Somehow her fight for...
smshige3
- Feb 28
- 1 min
"We may never meet again." 「もう会えないかも知れない」
As the time came to leave her, I was filled with sadness. I would try to escape quickly and lightly, as if it was no big deal, just...
smshige3
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Remember
Remember the day That they took our rights away Next they'll come for you So Raise a fist, take a knee! Speak truth to power, be free!...
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- Feb 17
- 2 min
Dog and Ball
Lucie wants to chase the ball. And she wants me throw it. But there’s just one problem—she doesn’t want to give me the ball. At first,...
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- Feb 8
- 1 min
念ずれば花ひらく If you are heartful, flowers will bloom
Where do we find the faith, hope, courage that keeps us going in our work, in our lives? Steve Jobs famously said that "You have to trust...
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