Division is inflexibility and is born of ego and narcissism. Narcissists compromise only when it benefits them and they often weaponize the compromise. They surround themselves with people who won’t contradict them. They cause division through derision so that no one trusts one another. Conflict, competition, and ego fractures progress. Unity over division requires compromise. Compromise […]
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After retirement, when I finally had opportunity to slow down a bit, I was lost so I started reading. Two of the first books I read were Kyle Scheele’s How to host a Viking Funeral and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic. They had a profound impact on my later years and made me see the world
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Integrity is one of those qualities that doesn’t need to be announced, it is felt. It’s the invisible thread that weaves together our words, actions, and values into something whole and trustworthy. Living with integrity means aligning what we believe with how we behave even when no one is watching. It is not perfection but
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Life is a cycle of endings and beginnings, death and rebirth. These transitions are not always literal; often they are symbolic moments when old versions of ourselves fall away so that something new may rise. One of the most enduring metaphors for this process is the phoenix a legendary bird that bursts into flames, only
I have always been on a spiritual journey of one kind or another. I began in childhood when it was unpopular and made you an outcast, so I hid it. I hid it from my family and friends, the few that I had. Sometimes I even hid it from myself. But whatever “it” was, would
