There are days when you might wonder if, in fact, Chicken Little was right, and the sky is falling. It’s enough to give a grown person the willies. Many things that once seemed bedrock-solid are crumbling. The world is changing; it’s all very fast and furious. Terra firma is shifting, at best, and a bad […]
When you have a choice, consider if you are making your choice out of fear or out of faith? And by faith, I mean faith in yourself, your abilities, resourcefulness, creativity, skills, tenacity as well as faith in whatever you call the sacred and numinous. If you are a student of life, you have undoubtedly […]
Is your world more down than up? Has sideways become your new vertical? Have your health, sanity, relationships, future plans, money, housing and/or employment concerns been in bucking-bronco states of flux? Have global warming, political warring, economic forecasting, ecological nightmares and cresting costs-of-living upped your blood pressure, lowered your sleep quotient and played havoc with […]
September 21, 2019, is World Peace Day. Now more than ever, we need peace. We live in a world of strife, conflict and cruelty. We see dueling ideologies play out on the world stage. Today, let us focus our attention on peace with one another and with ourselves. Peace brings with it a quiet, comforting […]
Have you ever felt that you are simply hanging in the middle of the time and space continuum? You have plans, an agenda, goals, deadlines, places to go, and people to see, but you find yourself stuck in an energetic void where nothing — as in zippidy-do-dah — is happening. You want it to happen; […]
September is Suicide Prevention Month or, conversely, pending where in the world you are, Suicide Awareness Month. This is the month where we focus our attention and energies on the rampant global epidemic of suicide and consider ways to end this pernicious, deep sorrow. To that end, over the coming days on The Penguin, I […]
This is a timely reminder given September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. Please go gently with one another. It’s a tough world out there. 12 Things You Should Know about Suicide Suicide is a dirty word, mired in judgment, shame, and taboo. It is often whispered or, even, denied (“Oh, he died of heart […]
As summer comes to an end, school days rev up and the energies remind us to clear our respective paths of distractions, the extraneous, the unnecessary and all that weighs us down, consider taking a very big breath and drawing a line under something that has expired or withered in your life. Let […]
