But Just Don’t Look For Me. Love, Monkey

Matt's runaway," my daughter said. My wife stared wide-eyed at me looking for answers. I shook my head affirmatively and handed her the note.

One Life • Many Roads

One Life • Many Roads
Many Roads blog dispatches

Matt's runaway," my daughter said. My wife stared wide-eyed at me looking for answers. I shook my head affirmatively and handed her the note.

Hello Darkness, My Old Friend...The Reckoning: Coming to a Hospital New You...The Year of Yes: Mind, Body, Spirit, and Community.

The Break Up
My words are slow. I'm no good at this.
Listen, you have been a been a part of my life since I can remember. Countless are the times times you've been with me when I needed you - always within arm's reach.
When I wake up, you are there. A tough day at the office, you are there. When friends or family want to talk though their issues, you support me.
You are strong...very strong.
Your scent brings me life. Your flavorful, exotic body is temptation personified. Dark, bold, and smooth, the taste of you lingers on my lips and carries me through the day's drudgery.
It's Not Me. It's You.

Cello Art
Centrum Building
Dallas, Texas

You're not deep
You're not an intellectual
You're not an artist
You're not a critic
You just have internet access

If wrinkles were words or could be read like Braille, I wonder the stories they would tell...about me, about you, about us all?

A Strength Overdone Is a Weakness: The Inner Critic...It's Not About Silencing but Living with the Inner Critic...Writing or Journaling...Perspective, Logic and the So What?...Renew the Mind via Body and Spirit...Accepting Yourself As-Is...Finding and Minding Your Own Voice

Reasons Why...The Value of Nonsense...Love is an Action Verb...My Greatest Gifts and A Wish for You and Yours.

Love, peace, and music protested the bombing of Cambodia and the Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam. Race riots in York, Pennsylvania clouded "Let the sunshine in" and a family name Manson rained Helter Skelter in California

The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you’re going, and above all, being grateful.
- Brother David Steindl-Rast, TED Global 2013