This past summer I turned 50. 50! As I look at it on the page it makes me laugh – like somebody sauntered up to me at a party and without my knowing it stuck a ‘50’ sign on my back as a joke. And it is a joke. There’s no way I’m 50. I know the calendar says so, but my heart, mind and soul cannot seem to embrace that. I feel no more than 25 and, as my wife would probably protest, act no more than 10!

The one thing that causes me suspicion that I just might actually be 50 is the person I find myself to be today versus the one I know I used to be. Once upon a time I had so many more answers than I find I have now. Life carried a certainty and permanence that has long since departed. My religion, politics and overall philosophy for living holds little in common with those same spaces in which I lived in yester-year. Continue reading…

A lot of people have been drawn to the idea of “the Law of Attraction.” The concept is that everything in the universe is of the same energy and, according to some, simply by putting out the right thoughts – the right energies – you can have anything your heart desires.

My thoughts are that there’s a bit of half truth in this – mixed with a large dose of ‘yeah, you wish!’  (Not to mention that it would be nice if more of our thoughts were on behalf of others.)

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