by jamesjordan1 | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog
A gentle spring rain is falling here in Santa Barbara. The sky on the coast is gray with a bright sun saturating each and every water molecule, giving the promise of eventual blue skies to an Easter morning. When the sky of your life is gray look for the light pushing...
by jamesjordan1 | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” -Albert Einstein April 1st is always a welcome day for those of us anxious for spring’s arrival. Today is no different. The signs of new life abound, and a feeling of possibility permeates the air. More than...
by jamesjordan1 | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog
“Soon you’ll be ashes or bones. A mere name at most–and even that is just a sound, an echo. The things we want in life are empty, stale, and trivial” -Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations Emperor with a moral conscience The Emperor Marcus Aurelius...
by jamesjordan1 | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog
“The Art of Life” “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” —Lao Tzu I Believe Metamorphosis is a word most frequently associated with the four distinct stages a butterfly or moth transitions through during its evolution: Egg,...
by jamesjordan1 | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog
“In Order To Access Our Essential Humanity, We Must Meld the Inner Landscape of the Heart with the Outer Landscape of the Natural World.” Mark Wallace—Swarthmore College There are many differences that distinguish the arrival of a child one from the other as...