We need to talk about an aspect of our culture, a pervasive value that has impacted all of us, for our whole lives. Perfectionism. If we were lucky, it first happened in our early school days. Most of us were informed by kids or teachers about how we didn’t measure up. Not pretty, not smart […]
A warm welcome to guest blogger, John McNeill. My interest is purely personal, as I hitched my wagon to this funny guy in 1992. Lurk away! – Kris Wile Family and Friends, Here is my report on my experience playing in the US Senior Amateur in Eugene, Oregon in late August of this year. […]
The only way we are going to get through this marathon of malaise, with our well-being intact, is to practice self care. “Yeah, it’s tough out there.” “No,” I say, “it’s impossible. That’s different than tough. It’s worse.” A fellow prison volunteer and I were talking about the wages for unskilled work, and how a […]
We cannot individually grasp the whole of reality, so we need one another to figure it out. One of the most important things to do now is to learn to listen to one another. It’s so easy to get rooted in that place where what we individually see, hear, and feel are the one Truth, the […]
Vices such as boastfulness, cruelty, vulgarity, spitefulness, pettiness, dishonesty, excessive ambition, violence, and/or greed, lead me to respect a person less. I’ve been thinking about respect lately. I think people have pretty different working definitions. So maybe I’ll share, and you can add your thoughts? For me, there are different kinds of respect. And I […]
Educated enough to be comfortable. Comfortable enough to care more about decency than money. I was as surprised as anyone about the outcome of the election. I should have seen the clues. I’m from rural America, Pennsylvania, the Keystone state. In our monthly pilgrimage there, we drive through a lot of small towns, and almost […]
Dear Colleague, In 2016, I had several eye-opening experiences which I shared in the first few blog posts. I also share some past reflections if they seem timely. System dynamics have a way of repeating, so insights are usually enduring. I also sometimes have more intimate musings which I will share under the Personal category. Everybody […]
[Warning – Seriously self-absorbed BS below] I’ve been getting some flak for the Mustang, and that’s just from the more outspoken and honest people in my life. It’s totally okay if you too have made silent judgments, maybe related to my espoused commitment to fight climate change, or about me encouraging John to get his […]
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