Category Archives: Mind

Guepard Boxing Club: Helping People Help Themselves

Posted on May 16, 2018 by tVM

Two weeks ago, we discussed ‘the Education Triangle:’ the student, the parent(s)/guardian(s) and the teacher/school.  We noted that very few parents of the 20 children from Guepard Boxing Club who we send to school in Cité Soleil, Haiti have had … Continue reading →

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Education: the Grading Scale

Posted on May 9, 2018 by tVM

We fund the tuition and other school costs (uniforms, school supplies, etc.) for 20 Guepard Boxing Club (GBCCS) children.  The annual cost per student for the 2017/2018 school year is $250 USD, a bargain by U.S. standards, a near impossible … Continue reading →

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The Education Triangle

Posted on May 3, 2018 by tVM

Having raised four children – five when I include my nephew who we were blessed to have in our household for five years – I have much experience with education… education in the home, education in school, and education outside … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Understanding

Posted on April 30, 2018 by tVM

In a December 2017 interview with Kozo Hattori and Pavithra Mehta from Awakin.org, Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer said, “A spiritual understanding not practiced under fire is without value.”  This is as profound a statement of spirituality as I have heard.  … Continue reading →

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Angels

Posted on April 28, 2018 by tVM

In a recent “Listen Well” offering, author, playwright and essayist Margaret Dulaney referenced the Irish mystic, Lorna Byrne.  Unfamiliar with Lorna Byrne, I did some research which quickly grabbed my attention.  I purchased her first book Angels in My Hair … Continue reading →

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Expressing Love and Joy

Posted on April 14, 2018 by tVM

We woke up this April morning to a blizzard.  It is as beautiful as it is surprising.  After walking the dogs for their morning constitutions, I shoveled the driveway and cleared the walkway to the house – more for the … Continue reading →

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Who Is Your Neighbor?

Posted on April 12, 2018 by tVM

Who is your neighbor?  No, I’m not asking the question from a biblical perspective.  I am asking the question from a strictly geographic perspective.  Who is the person who lives in the house or perhaps apartment next to your house … Continue reading →

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The Three Evils of Society

Posted on April 4, 2018 by tVM

Every third Monday of January – a day close to his birthday – we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  Every year since 2013 on that day, I post Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”  In it, he says, … Continue reading →

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Consecration of the Seed

Posted on March 11, 2018 by tVM

While I know of no practical reason to change my clock, I made the obligatory ‘spring forward’ when I retired last night. I slept until 6AM, an hour later than I would normally awake, and was greeted with a light … Continue reading →

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Jungian Parenting

Posted on February 23, 2018 by tVM

I claim to know squat diddly – or is it diddly squat? – about Jungian psychology much less analysis. With that humble acknowledgement, I wish to share several quotes from a book written by  Jungian analyst James Hollis, PhD in … Continue reading →

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