Monthly Archives: August 2020

Dining

Posted on 08/31/2020 by Jorge Medico

It’s another Poetry Monday. Here is an offering from my favorite poet, as he vagabonded his way across Europe. dining it was strange at first, eating alone in restaurants. I was in Portugal, so I could afford it- the food … Continue reading →

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Visionary Ideas for our Times

Posted on 08/30/2020 by Jorge Medico

These are dark times for our country and our world. Octavia E. Butler offers in her sci-fi novels “Earthseed” some remarkable insights that seem to provide a bright light on the dangers and challenges we are currently facing, as well … Continue reading →

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Children

Posted on 08/27/2020 by Jorge Medico

Perhaps because we are caught between extreme weather conditions, political turmoil, and the ravages of the Covid pandemic, or possibly influenced by the recent visit of family, I thought we all could use a little humor break. For those of … Continue reading →

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Maps

Posted on 08/24/2020 by Jorge Medico

It’s Monday again, and time for another installment in the Poetry on Monday series. Here is another piece by my favorite poet in a series about traveling through Europe. Hope you enjoy the journey. map this dot is Paris. this … Continue reading →

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The Four Pillars of Happiness

Posted on 08/22/2020 by Jorge Medico

I’ve written of The Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest running study of happiness, ongoing since 1938, in my previous blog. The main and inescapable conclusion of this study is that the single best predictor of a person’s happiness … Continue reading →

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Our Problem Predicting What Makes Us Happy

Posted on 08/19/2020 by Jorge Medico

Charlotte Bronte was quoted as saying, “No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean?  Happiness is not a potato.” According to Aristotle, “Happiness is … Continue reading →

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Ready…Set…

Posted on 08/17/2020 by Jorge Medico

It’s another Poetry Monday, and one more from the series called Maps by my favorite poet. Hope you are all surviving the heat. Our A/C chose a bad time to go on the fritz. departure   that night train crouching … Continue reading →

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JOY

Posted on 08/15/2020 by Jorge Medico

I slept and dreamt  that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. – Rabindranath Tagore My other favorite quote from this wise Bengali poet: You can’t cross the sea … Continue reading →

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Happiness and The Missing Tile Syndrome

Posted on 08/12/2020 by Jorge Medico

“We have met the enemy, and he is us” is Pogo creator Walt Kelly’s apt 20th century parody of Perry’s famous quotation. It captures the essence of a profound and oft unrecognized truth, that we are often our own worst … Continue reading →

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A Departure

Posted on 08/10/2020 by Jorge Medico

It’s another Poetry Monday. Hope you survived the weekend. Here are some words from Peter Ferenczi to help place you in a different mindset than the one you currently hold.   a departure   my final night in New York … Continue reading →

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