• I value language; I value precision of language. I’ve often told people that “fish swim in water; human beings swim in language.” As such, language creates much of my world, and I need to be very careful as to what I am

  • When you have a difficulty, is it solvable? Is global warming solvable? In this post, I want to explore the distinction between solvable and resolvable. To solve something means that the difficulty it represents goes away — you are complete with it.

  • When you encounter issues that trouble you, are they difficulties or are they problems? Is global warming a difficulty, or is it a problem? In this post, I want to clarify the distinction between difficulties and problems — I think it is

  • I am so tired of the duplicity of our culture! A colleague Paul Ray sends me lots of information about climate change issues, for which I am very grateful — not only are they usually pertinent, but he often highlights the significant

  • In the first part of this post, I discussed religion; I suggest here that spirituality refers to something broader than religion, but includes religion. If we think of religion as expressed as one dimension (belief systems), spirituality has three dimensions: that of

  • A science that does not incorporate spirituality is dehumanizing;                     a spirituality that does not include science is delusional. I indicated in my last few posts that I would clarify what I mean

  • I was going to talk about spirituality but I thought it would be useful first to identify personal growth; I imagine you the reader have heard the term personal growth. What does it mean? For that matter, what do the terms therapy

  • These posts are likely to be quite random in their content, at least for a while. I read a lot, and am often reactive to the content, especially when the content illustrates what I consider the insanity of our culture. Here is