Monthly Archives: February 2012

Hi, friends, You have heard the story. Someone needs a kidney to be donated, and the extended family goes through tests—and no suitable donor is found. They then are put on a list, and wait while going through dialysis. But … Continue reading →

Hi, friends David Brooks asked those of his readers over 70 to compose their “Life Reports”—essays about what they had done poorly and well in their lives. In his 11/28/11 op-ed piece for the NY Times, he shares some of … Continue reading →

Hi, friends, Carl Jung said that he knew of only two ways to overcome the power of evil: 1) If the soul is filled with a greater power than the evil; 2) If the person is part of a warm, … Continue reading →

Hi, friends, Ron Heifetz tells us about his three-year-old daughter Kaitlin. An adult sat next to her and asked her a question, and then stuck around for the answer. Kaitlin took him at his word, and began to respond in … Continue reading →

Hi, friends, A young boy is asked what he learned in Sunday School. “Moses led his people out of slavery in Egypt—Pharaoh chased them to the edge of the Red Sea. Then a flying saucer came out of the sky, … Continue reading →

Dear friends, We all have someone like Walt in our lives, I suspect. He’s a wounded guy who has struggled to make it in life. As you get to know him better, you can understand why: he has a short … Continue reading →

Dear friends, Linda died in July when I was away on vacation. I met her 15 years ago when she moved into the Boston Home in Dorchester. We were the same age—but she had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis(MS) back … Continue reading →

Hi, friends, I enjoy writing my blogs—probing, reflecting, seeking. But I confess that some subjects are very difficult to contemplate. Human trafficking(the global slave trade) is one of them. Some are child soldiers; others, child laborers; the majority are sex … Continue reading →