LIVING IN TURBULENT TIMES
We are living in such a challenging time! But hasn’t the human condition always been challenging? As Charles Dickens wroteIn the famous first line of his book, A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” So how do we live through the worst of …
REMEMBER…WE PROMISED DADDY
In honor of Father’s Day, I am posting this lesson from my beloved Daddy, David Westerman. We were sitting on the attic steps, all three of us: me, my older sister and my younger brother. Dad was standing at the bottom of the stairs. We were all listening to him with all of our attention, …
LESSONS FROM A GHOST CRAB
While on a recent vacation to the seaside, I had the opportunity to observe a curious little creature called a ghost crab. It looks just like a regular crab in size, but it’s color is white. (thus, the name, “ghost”) I took some time to really learn a few things from the interesting little character. …
THE ISRAELI WAR FROM THE OTHER SIDE
My dear older cousin Raisha transitioned to the other side (or what we call died) several years ago. She grew up in the states, and then moved to Israel where she met, married and raised a family with her husband, Froike. After his early passing, she continued living on the kibbutz, with her children and …
AI
Have you ever noticed that you see more of what you are thinking about and concentrating on? When we were considering replacing our backyard fence, all of a sudden we started seeing fences everywhere. When we took walks, we noticed our neighbor’s fences that we had never really seen or paid attention to before. They …
MAGICAL RELIEF AFTER DENTAL SURGERY
The other day I was helping out a neighbor who had just had a very involved dental procedure. Somehow his body had grown a fourth molar which is one beyond the usual wisdom tooth. My job was simply to babysit his dog so that he could get some needed rest after the surgery. However, when …
Transitioning from parent to grandparent, Let the show run
For Twenty five years, I wrote and directed original musicals for young children. I created a theatre program in an alternative school and had a cast of 200 children ages two years through middle school. Because I wrote the shows, I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to create and because I …
MISHIGAS
My grandparents spoke a language called Yiddish. It is a combination of German, Hebrew, and their local Belarusian- Lithuanian dialects. Today it is considered to be an endangered language because according to Wikipedia: Eighty-five percent of the approximately six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers, leading to a massive decline in …
Making your dreams come true
These days you often hear people talking about manifesting their heart’s desires. Regarding this topic, I would like to share with you an excerpt from my book, “Empath is Not a Four-Letter Word”. Concentrate on What You Want! Concentrate on what you want, not on what you don’t want. Worry is a complete waste of …
Connecting with the trees
If you are someone who loves trees and you have the desire to connect more deeply with them, I invite you to try a fun experiment. I learned this little game from Donna Eden. Whenever you are walking outside, simply notice the trees around you. Look at each one as if you are scanning. As …
