In my late thirties, I took a course in something called The Unlimit Your Life Seminars from Jim Fadiman. Essentially, I learned a series of daily affirmations based loosely upon The Power of Positive Thinking, with a number of spiritual and altruistic elements added in. After working with the Seminar principles for a couple of [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Making the Most of the Good
Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Myth of the Rugged Individualist
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As a kid I spent a lot of time alone. My role models were mostly TV characters like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Bronco Layne, Bret Maverick, and Richard Boone as Paladin. Iconoclasts and rugged individualists all, they each worked diligently in the service of good against the forces of evil. They were mostly strong, silent [...]
The Perils of Taking Life Sitting Down
Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I once had a girlfriend in my late teens named Marlyce Greco. She was a starstruck fan of Arthur Lee and Love, and so one summer Saturday night we went to see him and the band at the Whiskey a Go-Go on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Around midnight, after we came over Mullholland and cruised [...]
Invoking the Gravitas of Affirmation
Posted in Uncategorized on November 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
More than 50 years have passed and I can still clearly remember Mrs. Lieberman, my fourth grade teacher, announcing to the rest of the class: “Mark is a very good reader. He reads with excellent comprehension.” That single piece of praise shaped a significant part of my life thereafter – reading became a daily mainstay, [...]
