Over the last two decades, experts in organizational psychology and behavior have studied how people, organizations, and larger social systems manage change. While there are various models that describe change, there are some clear markers common among those models that are found in the process of change. Even when people… Read More »Change, Fear, and Division
The world I grew up in doesn’t exist any longer. Sixty years ago, when I was a kid, the doors of our home were always unlocked. I played in the yard or in the woods behind the house by myself. When I was ten or twelve years old, I walked… Read More »All Things Are Passing
It’s one of the best memories from that time in my life. It was a routine that was simple, refreshing, and renewing. In the evening, I’d walk Lincoln Road. Some shops along the way were vacant. Others were newly remodeled. Passers-by walked dogs; others skated by on roller-blades; a few… Read More »Change, Impermanence, and Living in the Present
While sipping my morning coffee, I skimmed news headlines. One item caught my attention on National Public Radio’s web site: Astronomers Present New Information on the Aging Universe. http://www.npr.org/2015/08/10/431343053/astronomers-present-new-research-on-the-aging-universe The universe is 14 billion years old. It began with what we commonly call the Big Bang. From the Big Bang,… Read More »Musings on a Cosmic Spirituality
As I sit in my study writing and doing other work, I often listen to the New Age station on an internet radio service. It’s the only time I listen to this style of music. The acoustic and piano melodies form a background that enable me to focus more clearly… Read More »Here I Pause … In the Midst of My Work
The emotions caught me off guard. I wasn’t expecting them, particularly during a meditation class. I had no realization this was something about which I felt so deeply. I sat with forty or fifty others in the Buddhist meditation hall. The leader guided us in meditation to consider the ways… Read More »Holding Onto Life
