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• Memories; They Aren’t What They Used To Be

  Sue Murphy said, “Do you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that’s how dogs spend their lives.” I think we can all relate to this experience. It turns out there is some science behind it. Research in 2006 put two control groups through the same exercise, picking up [...]

• Revising History Reframing Memory

  Three sisters ages 92, 94 and 96 live in a house together. One night the 96 year old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to the other sisters, “I can’t remember if I was gettin’ in or out of the bath?” The 94 year old yells back, “I don’t know. I’ll [...]

• Compassion is NOT Weakness

  One of my favorite escapist action movies is Sword Fish. John Travolta (Gabriel) is the good baddie, the villain on a mission to change the world. Hugh Jackman (Stanley) is the bad goodie, the lovable rogue caught up in Travolta’s schemes. At one point Gabriel saves Stanley’s life but wants to keep him under his [...]

• Grace Changes Everything

  Bono, of U2 fame and warrior for solutions to global poverty said, “The most powerful idea that’s entered the world in the last few thousand years— is the idea of grace.” I tend to agree. Its one of the religious ideas of my past that stays with me, even with new meaning. What is grace? [...]

• The Piper and the Pauper; Unconditional Compassion

  The piper was asked to play a graveside funeral service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was held in the pauper’s section of the cemetery. The piper got lost on the way to the cemetery and by the time he got there, even the funeral directors were gone [...]