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THRESHOLD EXPERIENCES
“The threshold is the place of expectation” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe As I anticipate my upcoming birthday, I’ve been reflecting on the symbolism of crossing the threshold into another year of life. A friend once wrote me a beautiful message in a birthday...
The Still Point in the Divided Self
“Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes” The above quote is a line from “Songs of Myself” in Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. It can remind us that as humans we are complex and many-sided creatures. That we are...
THE WELL OF BEING
“Feelings aroused by the touch of someone’s hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith all work on both the unconscious and conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences...
“A person can’t eat anger for breakfast and sleep with it at night and not suffer damage to his soul” ~ Garrison Keillor
“A person is about as big as the things that make him angry” Winston Churchill What makes you angry? Is it wrong (or right) to get angry? Is it okay to stay angry? Is anger healthy (or unhealthy)? What IS anger? Psychologist Paul Ekman has identified anger to be...