Life Challenges
Reflections and poetry inspired by life’s many challenges with some articles about how to navigate through difficulties with hope and grace.
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When Life Hands You a Diagnosis— How to Receive, Accept, and Keep Living (and Laughing)
How do you keep living when you receive a difficult diagnosis? Suppose for a moment that your body was a house, and one day, you found a crack…
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Say Goodbye Without Regret
What does it mean to say goodbye when there’s still time—but not enough of it?I recently lost a dear friend. We had one of those slow goodbyes, the…
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Wisdom from Dekker
As I, known by all as Dekker, lie here in my favorite sunspot by the window, I think about the curious human problems people ask me about.
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The Stories We Carry
Some stories we tell ourselves over breakfast each morning. Others we pack away in boxes labeled 'someday.' Which of yours are weighing you down, and which ones are…
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Lessons From Your Younger Self
Suppose for a moment that you could send a message across time to your younger self... What would you say? What wisdom would you offer from the vantage…
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How Old is “Old”
Are you old yet? Or more to the point—do you worry about getting old? And exactly how old is ‘old?’ I have asked myself these questions over the…
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Dekker Writes Again
Once a month the task of producing a blog post is turned over to Dekker, a class-A service dog who much prefers to contemplate people problems than abide…
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Growing Whole, Not Old: Embracing Spiritual Evolution in Later Life
The journey to growing whole begins when society expects us to start winding down. While wrinkles deepen and hair whitens, something remarkable happens beneath the surface—
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Is the Pound I Lost the Same I Gained? Finding Wisdom in Weight
is the pound I lost the same one I gained back? And more importantly, what has this dance with the scale taught me about matters of weight, wisdom,…
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How to Be a Human Being
Have you ever noticed how exhausting it is to always be "doing"? Our calendars overflow with tasks, our minds race with to-do lists, and even our rest becomes…
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Dekker Speaks HIs MInd
Usually I introduce this blog post by introducing Dekker, a service dog with many special gifts—one of which is sharing his wisdom with humans. Today, I said I…
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Spiritual Reflections on Illness and Aging
After avoiding the illness that changed the world, I finally experienced firsthand the effects of COVID-19 in my own body. Following are reflections on the gifts of that…
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Welcome to Dekker’s monthly post, where he brings canine perspective and wisdom to questions people ask. Dekker is the service dog of the creator of this blog a…
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Beyond DNA: The Two Threads of Our Legacy
When we think about what we pass on to our descendants, we usually think first of DNA. DNA is like nature's ultimate hand-me-down, passing along Aunt Betty's musical…
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LETTING GO OF THE WHEEL: A PATH TO PEACE
The speedometer read zero, but my heart raced at sixty. Though temporary, that moment marked a profound change in my life.
