“He had this consciousness of the Flow of Life which indwells each person as a Presence and which is forever bubbling forth through each person as a fountain.” — Eric Butterworth about Ralph Waldo Emerson You Are Your Own Fountain of Youth In their book, The Life We Are Given, co-authors George Leonard and Michael […]

There is an old Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company Slogan that said: “When you write the story of your life, make sure you are the one holding the pen.” This message doesn’t disappear when you retire, hit 65, or just get older. I have a friend who is still riding his motorcycle into his 80s and I’ve

“Up and down and twist around”. I don’t remember where that phrase came from, but it popped up in my mind a little while ago during an exercise session, and it sounded like a good lead for an article. The phrase may have been part of a nursery rhyme of some sort that I heard

Have you ever seen one of those toys which is a figure of a person on a pedestal? When you press a button on the bottom of the pedestal, the figure collapses. Sometimes they are called “push puppets”. It collapses because when you push the button on the bottom, you release the tension on the

Have you ever said to yourself, “I’ll never be able to do that. I’m too old, or too frail, or too weak or too (you fill in the blank). Well, don’t you believe it. Because if that’s what you really believe, if that’s the story you tell yourself, then very likely it’s your truth You