There is a Japanese maxim — “Seven Times Down, Eight Times Up.” Many years ago, I wrote a story...
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Many years ago, I used to go to the gym/pool three times a week at 6:00 AM, with my...
Just released on July 2, 2020. The Spring into Summer issue of Thirty Thousand Days: A Journal for Living...
Uncertainty as a Path to Action
“Every year some clients he knew well died from their alcohol and drug use, while others grew stronger in...
Saved by the Bell
Life Not on Hold – A ten-part series sponsored by the ToDo Institute to help you cope with the...
Life Not on Hold: Living Fully with Illness
Here is the 6th feature in our Life Not on Hold series! Take a few minutes (8 to...
The Distress and Grace of Impermanence
Whether we like it or not, we have to work with the world’s impermanence. And the way to work...
Option B
A year ago my good friend, Trudy, began organizing a birthday party for her mother who is 100 years...