Iikigai is rooted in finding the intersection between what one loves, what one is good at, what the world needs, and what one can be paid for. It involves elements of passion, vocation, mission, and profession. In storytelling, an anti-hero is a character who...
Recent conversations with friends sparked a talk about puppy love. Is it real love or is it just infatuation?To say that first impulse is hormone driven is only partially true. All the emotions and feelings are mixed up with that intoxicating pheromone-flooded...
Fall is my favorite because of the colors and the temperature. The ambience of golden afternoon sun dappled leaves, crimson burnt umber, blazing orange hues. Pumpkins and hay, on a crisp, fallovely day, beckons … playing hooky, harvest moons, burning sunsets...
Poetry of the blues is tied to the concepts of liberation and enlightenment in several ways. The blues, originating in African American communities, often reflects the struggle for freedom from oppression. Blues songs touch upon themes such as poverty, racism,...
Somewhere between hot yoga and a long, snowy winter, I found lessons learned from spontaneous flowers emerging from dormant stems. I wasn’t expecting it and learned a lot from observing an abundance of beauty and hope spring from what I thought was a dead stick...