What is living fully?

There are several consistent teachers in my life and Julia Cameron is definitely one of them. There is something persistently eye-opening about her work. The old stuff holds up. The new stuff gives me pause and usually more. The last weekend of 2012 I read Safe...

Blissful solitude? Hmmmm …

A friend gave me The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer for Christmas. I read it today, all of it. But before I get into that, some context. Last night, New Year’s Eve, I made a very conscious decision to be in what I like to call blissful solitude. I have...

Fighting the good fight

Over two and a half years ago when I wrote a column about Kevin O’Sullivan’s Life in the Union Tradition, I never dreamed it would become something of a eulogy. But when he died in March, it was quoted and passed around a lot and I was gratified if stunned...

One for my readers

I have been so inspired and gratified by communication with Game Plan readers that it sparked a column about what’s come of that for me in 2012. Actually, it goes back the entire five years I’ve been writing the column, but I am more acutely aware this...

What now?

Just love an opportunity to pause and reflect. And the whole Mayan hoopla seemed like a perfect chance to summon others to do so. Take a look. Today’s Game Plan: And Here We All Are, Still Standing

Extending ourselves

As life brings us through experiences, we (hopefully) accumulate wisdom along the way. Maybe even some grace. I’d like to think that has been the case for me as I strive to understand and extract lessons from the happiest and the saddest events and everything in...