Category: Who Is Dave?
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Being A Resource Seeking A Need, Part 4
These few posts are on the difficulty I have being retired — I still want to contribute, but largely I find myself being a resource looking for a need. Wanting to contribute has been a life-long pattern for me; most of my career choices have resulted from this. (Most of my relationship issues arose because…
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Being A Resource Seeking A Need, Part 3
In these posts, I am exploring the impact of retirement, that of being a resource looking for a need. Potentially, retirement (re-attire-ment) is a change to a new direction in my life. It is an interesting exploration, but because of the difficulty of finding a new way to be a resource, it is not very…
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Being A Resource Seeking A Need, Part 2
These few posts are on the difficulty I have being retired — I still want to contribute, but largely I find myself being a resource looking for a need. I suspect that such difficulties are common in our society. Being a therapist I had a designated doing. For 25 years, I ran a small day-based…
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Being A Resource Seeking A Need
I’m retired, and I find now that essentially I am being a resource looking for a need. Periodically I find something I can do, something to pass the time, but seldom do I find a way that I can contribute. I suspect that this is typical of many people who are retired. I also suspect…
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A Week of Unusual Contemplative Practice
As of tomorrow, I will be off to a week of unusual contemplative practice; I’m attending a workshop on Contact Improvisation, a dance form characterized by interaction, physical contact, and spontaneity. I’ve only had a brief introduction previously, but I very much enjoyed the combination of high energy and peacefulness in the process. I call…
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Whom Do You Trust? (Part 2)
In the last post, I suggested that the most important question of the 21st century is: “Whom or what do you trust?” Our culture is in data overload, giving major attention to the latest “scientific research” and the latest expert, yet not valuing our own wisdom. I was struck by the following statement in the…
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Global Warming: My Stance
I’ve been ill for the past week, still somewhat frail — it has given me an opportunity to think about what I really want, and why I am writing this blog. Succinctly, I believe that as a species we are on a suicide mission, and as a culture we are incredibly angry; you only have…
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Why I do anger management
In one sense, this post is a digression on my current theme of visioning a mature society. But it also gets to the heart of the matter of how we are to get to this vision. For me, anger is the canary in the coal mine, and it has movement. First, what a blog offers…
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Blogs I Follow: Richard Rohr
As you will note under Blogs I Follow, I subscribe to the blog of Richard Rohr at Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC). I do so because I find him to be the most spiritually mature individual of whom I am aware. (Overall my previous mentors, listed in my most recent post, also fall into…
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What has influenced my life? And yours? (Part 2 of 2)
I was asked: Who influenced you the most, in your own inner work, and how? I invite you you the reader to consider also what influenced you the most? This is part 2 of my answer. Important Books There have been many books (I read a lot), but a few stand out as truly adding…
Awakening From Your Anger 