We All Croak – Memento Mori
Posted On Nov 4 2019My friend, Daniel, told me of an app that reminds you that we all croak. Remembering death is an honored practice in all religions. Since the 1950s, we mostly have hidden death away and forgotten this useful truth – we are going to die. Franz Kafka goes so far as to say, “The meaning of life is that it ends.” In this day of the dead season, pay attention. Memento Mori, Latin for remember you must die, has been a practice in the Christian tradition from the beginning and before that, the Greek philosophers. It’s a good practice. This chapter …
This Is O Rated for Older
Posted On Oct 13 2016This will mean nothing to you if you haven’t reached a certain age. O for Older people. A client asked me for some tips on surrendering in the middle of facing scary medical challenges. I shared a very simple idea that has given me great comfort. Dear Athena, My favorite way to surrender at our age is to recall this instruction – “Relax, you’re going to die.” I love this. Clearly, we’re going to die. We don’t know when, so we can relax. It will happen and it will happen the way it happens. We can’t get it wrong. …
Relax, You’re Going to Die
Posted On Oct 9 2013Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 217) From your happy, relaxed state, you can model real success, which is all that so many people in the world really want. They may buy endless cars and houses and furs and gobble up all the attention and space they can manage, or barely manage, but this is because it is not yet clear to them that success is truly an inside job. That it is within the reach of almost everyone. — Alice Walker Nov. 5, 2008 in a letter to Barak Obama. You can use my Potent …
Why This Poem?
Posted On Jun 29 2011My co-author, Char Sundust, performed a lovely wedding last week. Each of the 170 attendees received a little beautiful scroll tied with a ribbon. And Char says, “I took one and opened it. Inside was your wonderful Love Poem For Mature Hearts. My heart was so moved…” Love Poem for Mature Heart Love is foolish. Certain loss waits for you. So what!? Throw yourself away, And love. Why would someone choose this poem? Would you? Why would I write this for a couple in their 50s getting married? How is this a blessing? Can you perceive why I designated “for …
Announcing God, Death, and Poetry
Posted On Mar 3 2011There is a wisdom in the words that poets speak – the truth. This book teaches us how to access that truth.