We don’t know if Autumn is the season of healing but there’s a lot of that going on. What we describe here is happening on Diem’s side of the country but the lessons learned defy being hemmed in by borders. Diem spent most of October doing what she does on most “normal” days. Encourage patients to listen to their body and give it time to heal. But for all of those days she was talking to herself.…
Once upon a time, a prim and proper lady visited her doctor’s office. She walked up to the receptionist who sat behind a glass window and sported a series of piercings around her ear. “How could you defile your body like that? I could never deface myself like you have you. Things were different when I was your age.” As she sat in the waiting room for her turn to see the doctor, she observed a…
Michael ran into a friend at the grocery store. He noted his friend's shopping cart was filled to overflowing with chips, pretzels, dips, soft drinks, and beer. “You’re having a party and didn’t invite me?” he asked of his friend. ”No, I’m just getting ready for next week. The big four are all on TV at once. I gotta be prepared for anything!” Yes, by the time you read this, if you are so inclined…
Read the word “gathering’ in the title as a verb, not an adjective. Now, read the word ‘time’ as a commodity, not a dimension or means of measuring. Very good. And that is the secret to a long life that has nothing to do with living many years. There is an African proverb that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." Our walk through life is exactly the way it…