During the late nineties I worked on a memoir for Grace Slick, lead singer of Jefferson Airplane fame. She and her friend, Janis Joplin, were two of the first women rock and rollers and they were known for being outrageous and unpredictable. I worked with Grace for...

Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes patience. Expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience.         - - - The Dalai Lama “How do I get myself to write? I want to, but I keep getting distracted. I’m so resistant, I just can’t seem to get...

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. The above is called a Buddhist koan, a proverb that emphasizes the importance of mindfulness and presence while you’re performing everyday tasks. For me, this koan has two...

I was raised to be polite and show up anywhere I was invited. And then, even if I had a terrible time, even if they were obnoxious or insulting, I was supposed to reciprocate. I heard that word “reciprocate” so many times, it started to grate on my nerves. Being...

When we were young, bedtime stories were a treat. They piqued our imaginations, they filled us with wonder and they kept us entertained. They took us on journeys into fantasy worlds and explodedin our dreams.  When I was six and I learned to read, my mother took me to...

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who mademistakes, but recovered from them.   - - - Bono I once saw a Dustin Hoffman movie called “Hero.” He played a man who performed the first selfless gesture of his life when he reluctantly helped save injured...