My sons have taken an interest in war recently and I've found it quite interesting to answer their many questions within their present scope of consciousness. Four and five year olds can surprise you with their wisdom, though at the same time they know very little about the world and the many twists and turns …
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Train of Thought
"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." ~ Will Rogers It was getting late and the conversations in German, French, English and Spanish were starting to wear on my already tired brain. The year was 1993 and I had just completed a bicycle tour around Bavaria with a friend of mine, Charlie (the …
A Father’s Gift to Humanity
I read a lovely tribute in the New York Times yesterday to Ladis Kristof by his son, columnist Nicholas Kristof, in celebration of Father's Day (http://tinyurl.com/249f2qq). Nicholas recalled a profound statement his father, a Slavic immigrant and concentration camp survivor, had written that impacted him for years: War, want and concentration camps, exile from home …
Past, Present and Future: Brighter Days to Come
No matter how hard you plan, how hard you focus your intention, how many people you conscript to work with you in the achievement of your goals, the future somehow manages to be something of an unknown quantity. The kings of yore summoned astronomers and magicians to help them interpret the faint outlines of the forming future, …
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“Daddy, what was war?”
My eldest son, who just turned five, loves to ask me questions on the way to school every morning. "Excuse me Daddy, what types of storms are there?" "Daddy, what is the difference between asphalt and concrete?" "Why does it look like the moon is following us, Daddy?" The questions come daily, and I am thrilled to help provide …
Point A to Point B, A Message for Humanity by Viktor Frankl
I had several conversations this weekend that made me think how easy it can be to give up hope for the future, specifically by losing confidence in the decency of mankind. There is so much corruption in the world and so little evidence of integrity. Staying positive and maintaining faith in humanity can be a challenge. Every once in a …
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