Our brains have a fundamental need to connect.  Why in the world would being with other people be so important to how our brains function?  As it turns out, much of our brain’s hardwiring (function below the level of awareness) comes to us from our primitive ancestors.  Our primitive ancestors had to stay in groups…

How true! If only we could have that clarity in the present to go forward without having to look back.   “In four years from now the things that are important won’t be then,” Aunt Harriet   said.   At 18 I thought I knew it all. My anger & fear about the unknown future was…

Growth takes time. Often it is slow. Some plants and trees take longer to grow and bloom. The saguaro cactus is the slowest growing plant in the world. It only grows one inch each year. The slowest growing tree is the cedar tree, which takes 150 years to grow four inches.   Every living thing has it’s own…

The only thing more important than your to-do list is your to-be list. The only thing more important than your to-be list is to be. Alan Cohen   We all make lists. We make them so we know what needs to be done. Our brain focuses on what is incomplete not what is completed.   The…