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In January of 1988, I informed my mentor and boss Tim Seldin, who was the headmaster of Barrie School in Silver Spring, Maryland, that I would be leaving my teaching position at the end of that sch
Published: Tuesday, July 2, 2019
On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of Oneness-Family School, it is truly humbling to think of the amazing journey this has been.
Published: Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Published: Wednesday, May 8, 2019
We sometimes conceptualize happiness as a place we will arrive - someday. A place we are headed like a point on a map on summer vacation. Yet we all know in our heart of hearts that life does not work that way.
Published: Tuesday, May 7, 2019
What Have We Become and Who Do We Want to Be?
Two totally unrelated events of the past week converged unexpectedly for me and led me to some deep introspection.
First came the college cheating scandal, where wealthy and influential parents, including CEO’s, two Hollywood actresses and a legendary fashion designer, schemed to get their children into universities through fraud, bribes and lies. According to court records, parents paid to help their children cheat on college entrance exams and to falsify athletic records of students to enable them to secure admission to some of the country’s elite universities, including UCLA, USC, Stanford, Yale and Georgetown.
Published: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Soul Space
We find our soul-space by the clues
We’ve left before, and enter with a leap,
Like a pebble dropping into the placid lake,
Suddenly we are at the center of waves rippling
Beyond the humdrum of the day to day
Toward possibilities we haven’t imagined.
Our breath spreads silently outward
Published: Sunday, February 24, 2019
Be Like the Leaf
Be like the leaf,
Waking
Without a plan,
Letting go.
Just spinning
And turning
In the delicate embrace
Of the wind,
Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
As uncle Bob led us across the snow-covered pasture, I looked up and saw Venus shining brightly just above the lavender and pink-streaked horizon. I took a deep breath, and as the cold night air surged into my lungs, I felt a sense of adventure. Down the hillside we slid to the edge of the pond. My brother Matt and my four cousins and I began strapping on our ice-skates as Bob began to gather a kindling for a fire. The full moon was rising behind the pines across the pond from us.
Published: Sunday, April 8, 2018
I turned my gaze upward to behold a most clear star-lit sky. I felt as if he were looking out into the farthest reaches of the Milky Way.
Published: Sunday, March 11, 2018
