Living in the Boston area in the first decade or so after college, I was viewing art often as a hobby. Since some of my family lived near NYC, I used the opportunity to see exhibits there twice a year. … Continue reading →

What do you do when you realize you are not feeling as well as you prefer? Is something irritating you? Did some information cause a bit of worry? We want to move toward feeling good again? How to do it? … Continue reading →

A friend phoned recently to discuss the news that a utility company  is planning to put a pipeline through her county near her neighborhood. She’s planning to participate in efforts to stop it. From her voice I could tell she … Continue reading →

The beauty of appreciating is that it fills you with feeling good,  brings up your spirits. When you play with appreciating, you are building more neural pathways in your brain. It  becomes easier and easier to identify and find what you … Continue reading →

Have you ever gotten annoyed with a friend? This week I found myself at an unusually high level of irritation with someone who is a perfectly lovely person most of the time. Of course, I had my reasons for being … Continue reading →

  Because my girlfriend Mary Kay and I are both dating, I had extra help raising my awareness to an outdated tape from the culture that I ran in my head and uplifted this week. Mary Kay had come home … Continue reading →

Last week my blog entry briefly described my experience with my art class and focused on how I soothed myself through the discomforts that arose. More on what is unfolding around this art class experience here: For each class we … Continue reading →

Abraham tells us that we will continue to experience contrast– situations arising, change and moments we do not prefer. Prompted by intuitive guidance, I signed up for an art class this spring. For last 12 years I had not studied … Continue reading →

Do you garden? I do. This week I created some upset as I processed some experiences that I did not prefer. I sat with myself writing in one column what I was thinking and in the other column recording how … Continue reading →

Last week a friend told me about the unusual circumstance she experienced in traffic. A red light for a left turn appeared not to function– she took matters into her own hands to get where she was going. About a … Continue reading →