October 28, 2017 – January 3, 2018 10/28/2017 — I do not know how I missedBillie Holiday’s aria “Strange Fruit”recorded in 1939about lynching’s in the south,but there is no reason for you to miss it: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Web007rzSOI?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent This should be required listeningfor everyone world wideas a reminder of where we have been,of where we have comeContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 041”
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One Minute Monologues 040
July 23, 2017 — October 27, 2017 4401. 07/23/2017 — As we age,things drop away.Things like our hair,our teeth,our hearing,our eyesight,our sense of urgencyabout unimportant things…And it is our placeto allow that to happen–to let go what’s going,and to let come what’s coming.We cannot continue living a lifethat is no longer available to us.And weContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 040”
One Minute Monologues 039—B
June 3, 2017 – July 22, 2017 06/03/2017— Liberty, Justice, Compassion, Equality.What’s so hard about that?Greed doesn’t want to go,and Hatred, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia and Xenophobiarefuse to leave.There has to be a reckoning. A reckoning would require usto face ourselves down.To grow ourselves up.To become who the situationneeds us to be.Tasks that are well withinContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 039—B”
One Minute Monologues 039-A
April 11, 2017 — June 2, 2017 04/11/2017— God is hiding in our lifeand we are looking in the Bible.There aren’t enough Bible studiesto lead us to the Godthat is hiding in our life.To find God,we have to look where God is hiding.Start by looking in the mirror.Start by studying who looks backwhen you lookContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 039-A”
One Minute Monologues 038
January 28, 2017—April 10, 2017 4201. 01/28/2017 — We treat our life with contemptand complete disregardif it disappoints usand fails to bewhat we wish it were.We never forgive our lifefor not beingwhat we want it to be.Our life needs us to care for it,to tend it,nurture it,nourish itas we would a baby.We are here toContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 038”
One Minute Monologues 037
12/04/2016 – 01/28/2017 12/04/2016 — Mindfulness is integrity.Integrity is impact.When we live mindfully,we integrate action with awareness–the foundation of transcendence and transformation.No superhero can do more.We think impact is being smart, crafty, slick and sly–playing our cards right,and shinning brightly for all to seeImpact is seeing what needs to be donedown to the smallest detailsandContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 037”
One Minute Monologues 036
October 22, 2016 – December 3, 2016 10/22/2016 — If everything in your little worldhas to be Just So, or else,your little world is a hard place to livefor everyone in it.Especially you.Latitude and pliability will accommodatea wide range of life experiences,and position us to make fitting responsesto whatever the day brings–and are another fringeContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 036”
One Minute Monologues 035
August 22, 2016 – October 22, 2016 08/22/2016 — Ego gets a bad rap.Hinduism and, to some extent, BuddhismPlot Ego as the Bad Guy behind the mess.We suffer, it is said, because of Ego.Ego is the source of fear and desire,Which are the root of the problem,And the cause of all suffering.Get Ego out ofContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 035”
One Minute Monologues 034
June 30, 2016 – August 21, 2016 06/30/2016 — Everything in the world of normal, apparent realityis a portal/threshold/doorwayto the Other Worldof invisible, intangible, ineffable reality.And we think the point isto leave here and go there.The point is realization.If everything in this worldis an opening to that world,then WE are what we seek,and only needContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 034”
One Minute Monologues 033
May 15, 2016 – June 29, 2016 05/15/2016 — No one can tell you what your business is.No one can tell you what is meaningful to you.No one can tell you what is important to you.No one can tell you what makes your heart sing.No one can tell you what you love.No one can tellContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 033”