Mindfulness is the first step in drawing from a vast reservoir of wisdom available to all human beings. Few of us gain access to it because we don’t know it’s there. Recently I’ve been exploring how to use technology – with its ability to recognize patterns and...
I caught my first wave this year at age 34. As I paddled out towards the break and the seafloor fell away beneath my feet, the familiar pit in my stomach returned. Flashes of memory zipped across my mind’s eye and I briefly became my 15-year-old self again, battling...
By Tommy Housworth As a teenager, I awaited Valentine’s Day with the kind of naive optimism Charlie Brown had forwinning the affections of the Little Red Haired Girl in Peanuts. My awkward high school (andcollege) years were filled with clumsy, insecure attempts at...
Our Ceaseless Swimming Lessons By Tommy Housworth There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the...
by Carol Hyman If you’re going to borrow, borrow from the best. So how about this? “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the...
Mindfulness is the first step in drawing from a vast reservoir of wisdom available to all human beings. Few of us gain access to it because we don’t know it’s there. Recently I’ve been exploring how to use technology – with its ability to recognize patterns and...
I caught my first wave this year at age 34. As I paddled out towards the break and the seafloor fell away beneath my feet, the familiar pit in my stomach returned. Flashes of memory zipped across my mind’s eye and I briefly became my 15-year-old self again, battling...
By Tommy Housworth “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” — Henri Matisse Our neighbor’s tulips came up today, bursting with defiant vibrance. They rose in spite of the stubborn Shenandoah soil, the tariffs on fertilizer, and the mid-spring...
By Tommy Housworth As a teenager, I awaited Valentine’s Day with the kind of naive optimism Charlie Brown had forwinning the affections of the Little Red Haired Girl in Peanuts. My awkward high school (andcollege) years were filled with clumsy, insecure attempts at...
BY MATTHEW ROBERTSON Over the holidays, I revisited one of my favorite films: Interstellar. Framed as a sweeping space odyssey, it explores themes of love, survival, and the future of humanity. Beneath its epic scale, however, lies a quieter and more radical...
BY TOMMY HOUSWORTH “I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things.” – Pete Seeger It was, perhaps, the last thing I expected on a Saturday morning, but you never know when paying attention will pay off – even when scrolling through social media. A...