Monday, August 4, 2014

The Most Urgent Issue for Thinking Humans

The most urgent issue is sorting ourselves out, deciding who we are, who we want to be, and , by the way, what's it all about, anyway?
Adults try to shape us, parents, teachers, preachers, coaches, aunts and uncles, but, truth be known, each of us does it our way. Sinatra's great song, "I Did It My Way!" is the theme song of many high school graduations
Most of us do not step back to examine our behavior until we somehow come up against some wall, a setback. Yet that can be quickly rationalized as someone was "against me,' with the usual human habit of the Blame Game.
This blog will encourage self-examination, reflection, the development of mindfulness. We accept with Socrates and most wisdom teachers, that knowing oneself is the beginning of wisdom.
Listening for some 40 years, I have developed exercises, checklists and inventories to help individuals discover the meaning of their life stories Stay tuned, and let us know o your interest.
 By the way, I now have nine books published ion Amazon kindle, each relating in some way to this project. Check them out. 
Last week, at the invitation of host Tom Haiiley, I spent over an hour telling my story on Kentucky Voices and Views.com/ |Check it out.
Paschal the Rascal,  Spellbinder storyteller, raconteur, bridge builder, August 4, 2014