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At the end of a five-hour workshop on Mindful Leadership, I invited the participants, all middle-aged, Japanese corporate managers, to...

"We have a lot of fun . . . it is never too late to just take your first step or even speak your first words." I take these words of...

Anabel believed that every human being wants and strives to feel love and connection--to be loved and to love. She felt this love with...

I always wondered What it was like to be you Now I understand

I read that someone in Russia set themself on fire to protest the war. I remember how horrified I was as a child to hear of monks in...

Remembering her on her first birthday since she left us. We're the same age so when I think of her I hear her telling me to have the...

You look around and you know you must have failed somewhere. Because here we are, waiting on the eve of destruction with all the odds...

Living by death's side I have truly learned to live There are no regrets I put her words in a haiku. Here are a few more words of wisdom...

My friend Ana loved butterflies so at her memorial service we released one hundred live butterflies in a dramatic ritual. It was a...

ありがとうから始めよう　Let's begin with thanks As we chanted Buddhist prayers at my grandmother's funeral my eyes were drawn to a poster on the wall...

Every day, think as you wake up Today I am fortunate to have woken up I am alive, I have a precious human life I'm not gonna waste it....

When I was a child I often sang for others. People told me it made them feel good to hear my voice. But somewhere along the way I lost my...

Breathe in--I am here Breathe out--I let go of fear BOOM!--Now I am free

A long time, in 1985, I was excited to sing just before Jesse Jackson's talk at a World Peace event commemorating the atomic bombings of...

Death anniversaries bring up memories of how when we pass from this world we might leave behind a gift. Dad's last words to me were,...

When my dog Duke collapsed suddenly on a walk, I knew it was bad. But I didn’t know how bad. The vet took one look inside his mouth and...