Tag: Grace
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Bigger Than a Bread Box, Smaller Than a Refrigerator Facing my Mortality
I have been smacked in the face by the reality of my life. I have always been healthy. At 69, my blood work is perfect. I don’t take any prescriptions. I eat well. I’m not overweight, and I am physically fit. I thought I was exempt from the diagnostic testing that, at my age, we…
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Our thoughts. Our beliefs. Do they always support us?
We all have a belief system. Our beliefs are influenced by family, friends, religion, politics, life experience, and general perceptions and experiences we accumulate throughout our lives. For some people, their belief system is fixed, unyielding, and without question. They might die to protect it. For others, their belief system is more flexible. More accommodating…
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I’m A Very Lucky Dad
One of the most powerful enduring memories I have of my daughter is when her birth mother placed her in my arms. New Jersey adoption law requires that a birth mother directly place her child in the arms of the adoptive parents under the supervision of the attending medical staff. This exchange took place just…
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I Thought I Was Being Hijacked!
I get certain articles pushed to my phone—something most of us do. Recently I received an article entitled, “Branding for the collective unconscious. How to create a deeper connection with consumers through universally shared archetypes, values, and symbols”. You can view the entire article here. https://flip.it/4d9MWZ. I usually skim most articles. This one grabbed my…
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My Intimate Connection with Psychedelic Medicine
My sophomore year in high school was a time of spiritual awakening. I don’t actually remember that moment when I realized that there was more to life, my life then could be seen through the eyes of a 15 year old teenager. I just had a growing awareness that there more something more to my…
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Digging My Way To China
When I was about 9 or 10 my dad built a sandbox in the backyard of our home. Nothing real big and certainly nothing fancy. But it all a young child needed to ignite his imagination. To this day I am not sure where this idea came from, but I was certain that I could…
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Can you really speak to God?
On one of my trips to Ecuador, I was relaxing in a hotel room my friend Craig. Two days prior we had landed in Quito the capital of Ecuador. A good place to start most trips to visit the country. It was the beginning of a two-week vacation. We were feeling the need to take…
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Chop Wood. Carry Water.
Chop Wood and Carry Water. This saying resonates with me. It is an old Zen koan. It is simple, yet profound. It reads, Before enlightenment, chop wood & carry water. After enlightenment, chop water and carry water. Although it appears nothing has changed on the outside (doing), everything has changed on the inside (being). It…
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Will I Be OK?
I have mentioned in several blog posts that I sold my Functional Medicine practice. Here I am 6 months later. That transaction was an amazing example of the intersection of timing, Grace and where I am at this point in my life. Much of the time I am living in the present moment. Grounded into…
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Grace & My Life
Grace has played an integral part in the unfolding of my life. The unexpected “gifts” bestowed by “God”. As I write this blog, what resonates more accurately is bestowed by the mystery that lives all things. For me the word God feels limiting. To many preconceived meanings. Who is worthy of grace. Do you need…
Lean into your life 