Journal
Writing
Essays on awakening, work, loss and what is left afterwards.
August 15, 2016
The Master Game
Seek above all a game worth playing. Having found the game, play it with intensity. If life does not seem to offer a game worth playing, then invent one. For it must be...
April 5, 2016
The Ultimate Teacher
When Lee Atwater conducted dirty trick politics to denounce the Democratic Party, he reveled in slander and controversy. When he came down with brain cancer, he realized...
January 12, 2016
Chimps to Chumps to Champs
In the delightful comedy Big Bang Theory, the Sheldon character tries to explain how important it is for him to meet Steven Hawking: “Imagine that you lived on a planet...
October 4, 2015
One Partner
My only writing partner ever was my Mia
November 8, 2010
Passing On Over
Michael Meade died today. Mike wasn’t rich or famous or successful in the ways that this world measures wealth. But he was the kindest, most decent man I ever met. His...
August 13, 2010
Healing Tears
Legend has it that Buddha described the sound of the universe as soft weeping and music without a melody. I have heard these subtle sounds behind the noisy din of the...
May 9, 2010
A Game Worth Playing
Seek above all a game worth playing. --Robert DeRopp
April 30, 2010
Attitude Adjustment Time
When the Berlin Wall came down, I noticed an interesting phenomenon. Most of the people coming out of the East were friendlier and more cooperative that their western...