Every moment of our lives our brains are rapidly taking in information and making snap judgments, interpretations and decisions based on what we see, hear, smell, touch and taste. Depending on how we are feeling we will interpret information differently. A lot of us live without an awareness of this. The good news is.....

the PATH is YOU - dare to honestly and courageously look inside your own mind and heart. Watch these 25 - 35 minute videos at
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The concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy is an important one, not just in psychological research but also in sociological research. Most notice that sometimes a belief brings about consequences that 'cause' the reality to match the belief. Generally those at the center of a self fulfilling prophecy don't understand that their beliefs 'cause' the consequences that they expected or feared.

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The humanities also help us contend with the uncertainty, loss, and upheaval in our lives. Drawing from observations and insights handed down to us across centuries through....

Humanities - the disciplines of memory and imagination.
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It is pretty much impossible to go through life without ever being insulted, mistreated, disrespected or snubbed.

So, what can we do about it?

The COVID-19 virus and the social distancing response have led to extraordinary disruptions in shared public life: closed schools, shuttered businesses, mass unemployment, and overwhelmed hospitals.

The humanities demonstrate we are never alone in our experience.

Humanities - the disciplines of memory and imagination.
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People think they can see race. You can only see race through the lens of social understanding

It's not just out there - it has a social understanding a social meaning and a social practice.

We've taken race and expanded it.

The intervention to race, the intervention to othering, is belonging

“Citizenship in a Republic”, which, among some, would come to be known as “The Man in the Arena.”
Roosevelt railed against cynics who looked down at men who were trying to make the world a better place. “The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer,” he said. “A cynical habit of thought and speech, a readiness to criticize work which the critic himself never tries to perform... Then he delivered this inspirational and impassioned message that drew huge applause:

The speech was a wild success. According to Morris—who calls it “one of [Roosevelt’s] greatest rhetorical triumphs”—“Citizenship in a Republic” ran in the Journal des Debats as a Sunday supplement, got sent to the teachers of France by Le Temps, was printed by Librairie Hachette on Japanese vellum, was turned into into a pocket book that sold 5000 copies in five days, and was translated across Europe.’”

On Love

And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

A 3 minute Spoken Work and Music Interlude. Give it a listen!

Are you stuck, and don't know what to do?

What secret does a common housefly, a dream and a little girl hold, that could change the possibilities of getting and staying unstuck.