Trail Guides
"Hope is like a road in the forest. There never was a road, but when many people walk that way, the road comes into existence." Lin Yu-Tang
Tag Archives: climate change
Leaving Las Vegas
Las Vegas could be the poster city for climate chaos, but people continue to move there and use up their fast disappearing supplies of water. Strip shows, gambling casinos, and spectacular lighting are everywhere, but nature is nowhere to be found. Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, disconnection, drought, global warming, water
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The Boxes We Live In
Corporate media managers work day and night to surround us with narrative walls that function like distorting mirrors in circus fun houses. Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, fear, illusion, personal growth, politics, trauma
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Message from the Gods: You Can. Just Don’t!
Just because you CAN do something doesn’t mean you SHOULD do it. More is not better. All spiritual traditions teach this, and nobody listens. Four stories of why we should. Continue reading
Five Times Denial is Good for You
If you deny a self-destructive habit, you could cause serious harm to yourself or others. Drunk driving would be a classic example. But in other situations, denial can be good for you. When is denial damaging, and when it it healthy? Continue reading
Posted in healing, Uncategorized
Tagged chronic illnss, climate change, death, denial, grief
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Don’t Ask Why
Most times, “why” doesn’t matter. There’s nothing we can do about what has already happened. Why did your company downsize your job? Why did I get multiple sclerosis? I can wonder, but what difference does it make? The point is deciding what to do now. Continue reading
Posted in happiness, healing, Reasons to Live
Tagged acceptance, climate change, emotions, happiness, living fully
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Because It Can’t Last
“Do not confuse value with permanence.” – Irvin Yalom Charlie Jane Anders hosts the Writers with Drinks literary events every month at San Francisco’s Make Out Room. The dimly lit club drips with streamers, glitter, a jumble of art work … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, healing, Reasons to Live
Tagged Burning Man, Charlie Jane Anders, climate change, end of the world, haiku, happiness, mandala, wabi-sabi, Writers with Drinks
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Celebrate Your Variance
On the greater variance side, we find the artists, the change agents, the thinkers, the sexually adventurous, the loonies, all the people who give life some entertainment value. Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Reasons to Live
Tagged being yourself, bell curve, change, climate change, cooperation, evolution, evolutionary psychology, mean, sheep, statistics, survival, variance
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