Thought Pieces

17 Oct 2023   Our Light Held Aloft You can no more quit moving in life than the clouds in the wind or the waves in the sea.  One cannot escape their fate you are born to the movement of your soul.  We are all on our journeys forever in motion both perceptible and imperceptible.  

My life cycle analogous to the life cycle of lava                                                                     16 Sept 2023   First here are some pictures and a

We all have Beautiful Minds. Yours’s and mine. 23 Mar 2023   I am grateful to tears for the grace given to me for a beautiful mind.  I like where it takes me most of the time.  I have always enjoyed the associations it makes, the patterns it sees.  I did not know these qualities

The Mountains Do Care 28 Oct 2023   Do you know you can look at the mountains and ponder on your passing and think to yourself, “the mountains don’t care.” And you would be wrong, true they cannot do anything immediately to extend your life.  Everything has its day and its cycle, even they on

On Perspectives 6 June 2025 Section One: Using the analogy of a four way intersection Have you ever noticed how different an intersection looks when arriving at it from a new direction, particularly one you seldom or never use from another direction?  Or if you hike, how different a given section of the trail looks

On Heroes 21 Jan 23   I think it is important to have heroes, to have a select constellation of stars you admire and look up to. They raise you up with a model of behavior and being that inspires the best and the growth in you.     And so it goes and you get

Humility and Triumph   01 Feb 2026 Update   Quote from Alex Honnold: “Being by yourself on a huge, big wall, it just puts you in your place. But you also feel a part of something bigger.”   From the documentary “Valley Uprising” around 1:28.   I have expressed this humility and joining something greater

Headwinds & Tailwinds Or road biking as an analogy for life. 26 May 2023__Updated 11 June 25 Riding in headwinds is definitely less joyous and raucous then riding in tailwinds. And of course, bike riding and life will have a mix of both. And if that was not enough contrast between them, then add uphill

A Short Analogy called “Away and Stay.”  23 Nov 25 Through the lens of a Halo Cactus, its life compared to our own lives. I was inspired by a halo cactus seeing it through its season, and I had a Halo inspired thought, courtesy of a hike and encountering Halo cacti.  Here’s what came to