Monthly Archives: January 2014

Often people are labeled with “resistant to change”. This comes in spite of the reality that everyone in our society has  been exposed to mammoth changes in the past few decades. The way we communicate, work, travel and a host … Continue reading →

In 1945 the horror of the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing sites became public knowledge and the films of that inhumanity shocked the world..Literally millions of innocent people in these gas chambers and other concentration camps were murdered while much of the world … Continue reading →

I believe that often in childhood persons get the message that they are not “creative”. This definition is often confused with” artistic” and so they go forth believing that everyone but them has the ability to develop their creative capabilities. … Continue reading →

My friend Victor DeFino spent most of his eighty four years healing the bodies and souls of patients.The initial impression of this gifted physician was often that he was a  brusk and distant human being. Nothing could have been further … Continue reading →

Last night I had the privilege of having dinner with the Contini clan.Many years ago the Father Luigi died of cancer and Mary was left to raise seven children by herself.Her indomitable will and enormous heart never for one second … Continue reading →

In the past six weeks four dear friends have died and I am constantly aware of how much they contributed to my life. This is also  true of countless persons living and dead who have consistently taught me about life … Continue reading →

For months we have heard stories about the program initiated by the NSA  to listen to the conversations of many of our citizens.There has been an outcry against what many consider an invasion of privacy.I think that there are valid … Continue reading →

I was reading one  of my old notebooks from the time I studied with Viktor Frankl in Vienna. I was struck by how his entire world view was shaped by his unshakable belief in the power of the search for … Continue reading →

Today is truly the first day of the rest of our lives and the moment when opportunity strikes.I would suggest that you stop pushing off to some vague future date something that you have wished to achieve for the longest … Continue reading →

Yesterday and today i spent with my best friends from Graduate school. Barry has become one of the world’s foremost experts on the psychology of treating cancer patients. Dennis was a Navy seal who spent most of his life in … Continue reading →