by mkellent | May 12, 2021 | Inspiration, Our world, Purpose, Reflections, social reflections
Each day they entered with muffled greetings, their plastic shrouds rustling. There was an inevitable flurry of activity as they consulted dials and meters. Somewhere behind goggles I imagined I could see their eyes while anonymous hands checked the various tubes...
by mkellent | Apr 25, 2021 | Inspiration, people who are aging with purpose, social reflections
Looking back over the last 5 months I see how much change there is, both within me and without. I used to say half-seriously that I am not a noun but a verb. Most of the nouns, the solid unchanging entities in my world, have become become dynamic and shifting. The...
by admin | Jul 10, 2020 | Inspiration, Our world
Some encouraging news – and I am encouraged by the creativity, resourcefulness and energy of young people. From drowning out horrible hashtags, RSVPing to harmful events, and donating to Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com, KPop fans – who may be too...
by admin | Dec 28, 2018 | Inspiration, Purpose, Reflections
Walking along a creek daily for the past few weeks, I see how it changes each time in shape, speed and reflections, as Fall days move towards Winter. Although it is a couple of hundred miles from the ocean, I trace its course in my imagination. from a patch about feet...
by mkellent | Nov 14, 2018 | Inspiration, Our world, Purpose, Reflections, social reflections
In the face of the relentless fires and other recent tragedies, I have been thinking about Love. Not the romantic kind, although that is wonderful, but the wider, deeper kind that can all too easily go unnoticed. **“The meaning of life is to give meaning to life, and...
by mkellent | Feb 19, 2018 | Individual Aging, Inspiration
What do you think about birthdays? Numbers have such an important influence on our lives. And sometimes have no bearing other than to reinforce expectations – and unfounded ones at that. We ask little children how old they are – perhaps because we don’t know how else...
