Thoughts on Life

Category: Grief

  • I’m Not Crazy I’m Just A Little Unwell

    I know, right now you can’t tell… Thanks Rob Thomas for fantastic lyrics. I want to take some time to talk about cognition (aka how we think). There are big scary things that affect cognition like dementia or cancer, but there are also a bunch of smaller (though not lesser) things that when combined also…

  • Both / And – Dialectics and Duality

    I feel like I’ve just gotten to the end of High School Musical and realized, yes Troy Bolton, you can be both a basketball player and a singer. Basically everybody from that Status Quo song – the guy who bakes, the girl who dances, and the skater dude who plays the cello (which was my…

  • How to talk about Grief

    (In which Harry is dangling by his legs from a troll’s grip) Harry Potter: “Do Something!” Ron Weasley” “What?” Harry Potter: “Anything!” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone I’ve had folks recently express a desire to learn “just what to say” to folks who are grieving. There seems to be some concern about how…

  • Introduction to Life

    I heard this story about a fish. He swims up to this older fish and says, “I’m trying to find this thing they call the ocean.” “The ocean?” says the older fish, “that’s what you’re in right now.” “This?” says the younger fish, “This is water. What I want is the ocean.” Disney Pixar’s Soul…