Reflections on Reactivity

The holiday season is here! Parties and family gatherings, phone calls and Skype "visits" will fill the next few weeks with the highest volume of social interactions I'm likely to have this year. As the social pace quickens, I am always struck by my increased tendency toward emotional reactivity. No other time seems to provoke … Continue reading Reflections on Reactivity →

Meaning Rekindled

The personal journey I documented in my previous post was, at its heart, a struggle to rekindle meaning in the face of axiom altering change. When a deeply rooted mode of being is ground to dust by the relentless assault of change, meaning goes too. The only way back is down. Down to the axiomatic … Continue reading Meaning Rekindled →

New Beginnings

I begin this blog as I begin a new life. In a few days I will turn 40. For the last decade my birthdays have come and gone, eliciting little reflection from me. 40 feels different. For the first time I am struck by the possibility, even the probability, that I may have more road … Continue reading New Beginnings →