Permission

Change challenges me today.It asks me to go with the flow.But sometimes the flow feels like too rapid a rate for me.I need to set my pace.I must.Truly, it’s OK.

Sylvia

I never turn on the television on Saturday afternoons. I can’t remember the last time I did. Before today, that is. I’m not even sure what made me reach for the remote, except that I had peeled an orange and was perhaps seeking out something mindless while...

Breakfast

At about 8:30 this morning I descended the subway steps. There was a homeless man asleep in an alcove, completely covered in a blanket. Someone had left a shiny apple on the cardboard box that served as his bed.I wonder how he felt when he woke up and found...

Knowing for sure

I’ve always enjoyed the essay in the back of each issue of O magazine. Oprah calls it “What I Know for Sure” and it always dispenses lovely wisdom. That’s why I was excited to see a little booklet enclosed in my monthly issue — it’s...

Feeling altruistic

For so much of my life I did virtually no volunteer work. Now I could literally fill my entire week with volunteerism. Crazy, right?I want to spend time with the senior citizens at the center. I want to do some pro bono life coaching. I want to help build my church...