None of my blogs are intended to be read in isolation. All 29 and now 30 have some relationship to each other. The last three blogs, 27, 28 and 29 were meant to be read together. All blogs are intended to be a conversation with the reader. Following Blog 29 I received an email fromContinue reading “Blog #30: 2026 Post: Details of a “Path””
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Blog #29: 2025 Post: President Mandela: A Mentor and An Inspiration
Some ask why I write and speak in many forums about Nelson Mandela. I do as he became both my mentor and a deep inspiration. I have read many books and articles about him, met him, and went to South Africa to walk in some of the footsteps that were a part of his “LongContinue reading “Blog #29: 2025 Post: President Mandela: A Mentor and An Inspiration”
Blog #28: 2025 Post: Two Nuggets – Sense Free Thinking about Thinking REVEALS…
Stepped into the Saturday morning study group that had been meeting monthly for 10 plus years. Held my copy of “Philosophy of Spiritual Activity or The Philosophy of Freedom” and a small notepad. The doctor who expanded The Fellowship Community was central to the discussion. As was a retired butcher with forearms as large asContinue reading “Blog #28: 2025 Post: Two Nuggets – Sense Free Thinking about Thinking REVEALS…”
Blog #27: 2025 Post: The Mystery of I AM
Come with me if you will and follow with your common sense this explication about I AM. Two Words – I & AM. The only two words you can say for yourself in your inward holy of holies that no one else can say. The only two words I can say for myself in myContinue reading “Blog #27: 2025 Post: The Mystery of I AM”
Blog #26: 2024 Post: A Cancer Journey
One out of six Americans are diagnosed with cancer. Yet when I received the diagnosis – I felt unique. Each and every cancer no matter how difficult or how easy the particular diagnosis – is unique. And each and every cancer impacts differently. Yet as I went through my own unique journey, I felt lessContinue reading “Blog #26: 2024 Post: A Cancer Journey”
Blog #25: 2023 Post: Closing Thoughts
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes This is my last blog for 2023. I wrote 12 in 2022. The inspiration to write these occurs in the last 6 months of the year. I will wait to see what occurs in the last 6 months of 2023. Thank you for reading myContinue reading “Blog #25: 2023 Post: Closing Thoughts”
Blog #24: 2023 Post: Two Wonderful Touches
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes On the Friday before Labor Day Weekend in 2011, I experienced vertigo for the first time. It was in retrospect likely from being dehydrated. As I got up from a prone position for a routine medical test, I needed to rush to the bathroom toContinue reading “Blog #24: 2023 Post: Two Wonderful Touches”
Blog #23: 2023 Post: The Tremendous Opportunity for “Sharing”
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes The question has been asked of me “Do you have a moral compass that leads you to your position on Wealth Transformation?” When I was 17 (I am 72 today) and obtained my driver’s license I found a car and with a friend in 1968Continue reading “Blog #23: 2023 Post: The Tremendous Opportunity for “Sharing””
Blog #22: 2023 Post: Vision for Repair and Transformation
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes Following George Floyd’s tortuous murder, many were deeply motivated to try to do something. I read Randall Robinson’s book when it came out in 2001. “The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks.” Thereafter, I frequently thought about reparations. After George Floyd’s death, I interviewed 20Continue reading “Blog #22: 2023 Post: Vision for Repair and Transformation”
Blog #21: 2023 Post: A Takeaway from the Historically Accurate McCleod Plantation Visit
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes When we went to the Plantation many things stood out and were impactful. One that stays with me is that this big house and the land from 1861 to 1863 was a headquarters for the Confederate army. Fort Sumter is visible in the distance. TheContinue reading “Blog #21: 2023 Post: A Takeaway from the Historically Accurate McCleod Plantation Visit”