What stories shape your life? Take a moment to think about that. We all live based upon stories. Collective stories are the basis of culture and personal stories are the basis of how we view ourselves as individuals. Stories are the underpinnings of human reality. Humanity is built upon stories. Read more…
As a tribute to my father’s birthday today, I’d like to share a (very) short story from my book Momentous about a magical moment we shared. Happy Birthday Dad! Nothing is Impossible I looked up at the diving board. It was a proud blue piece of art that stood eight Read more…
Bold statement: Fiction can be a more effective teacher than nonfiction. The epics, the classic myths, the primordial fables, the transcendent archetypes and the phenomenon of story have all been omnipresent undertones of human culture since time immemorial. Fiction has the unique ability in which one can use words as Read more…
There’s an old Zen cone (parable) that goes a little something like this… A man was walking through the jungle, when he spotted a tiger. The man immediately fled, but the tiger gave chase. Approaching a cliff, the man saw only one option… A hanging vine. He jumped off of the cliff and grabbed Read more…