In the first half of life, much of our energy goes outward. We build. We prove. We establish roles that help us survive and

A Different Conversation About Aging   There is a problem with the way we talk about aging.   Public conversation about later life is mostly about managing decline.

The Fourth Agreement sounds, at first glance, like the most demanding of the four.   Always do your best.   For some, those words feel like encouragement. For

“I presume nothing.” — Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)   Assumptions are easy. Correcting them is hard.   Most assumptions don’t announce themselves. They look like understanding. We think

The Second Agreement and the Freedom of Carrying Less “What other people think of you is none of your business.”— Regina Brett What makes that

Beginning the Four Agreements   “Language is not a subject. It is the medium in which we live.”

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. –George

“Nothing is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” — Martin Luther King Jr.   Every era has its blind spots.