What’s Next

For anyone asking what comes after the title, the paycheck, or the plan.

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The Wood Song
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The Wood Song

By Indigo Girls

October 15, 2019

Essence of the music/lyrics: Using the metaphor of a ship, the song suggests that our work is never done and in that truth, we find life. Excerpt: The wood is...
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Cannonball
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Cannonball

By Damien Rice

October 15, 2019

Essence of the music/lyrics: Brilliant melody and a nice soft guitar. Rice's voice is a haunting and peaceful to me. The song asks us to learn from humility, particularly in...
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The Weight of Lies
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The Weight of Lies

By The Avett Brothers

October 15, 2019

Essence of the music/lyrics: Thanks to good friend Craig Niess for turning me on to this indescribable band. They fit in no traditional music genre I know of. They seem...
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The Living Years
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The Living Years

By Mike + The Mechanics

October 15, 2019

Essence of the music/lyrics: This is my favorite song ever about communication, particularly among family. It was published about the time my Dad died and my children were just starting...
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Balancing the World
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Balancing the World

By Eliot Morris

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: This song was given to me by my daughter, Caitlin, who represents the point of the song – balance. The music and rhythm also bring me upbeat, just...
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May Newsletter: Better People

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

My fondness for my son-in-law, Keith, grew on my daughter’s college graduation day. In his toast to her, he said “among the many things I love about you is that...
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Here Comes the Sun
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Here Comes the Sun

By The Beatles

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: An oldie for this month since I’ve had some grey clouds the last few months. Then we spent last week celebrating my son Kevin’s love for his new...
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Right Between the Eyes
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Right Between the Eyes

By Graham Nash

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: After a difficult day with a delusional friend I took a run and this song came on my iPhone. As I listened to the words, I came to...
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The Fool | Bob Miller

By Tim McCarthy

May 23, 2019

Editor’s Comment: My dear friend, Bob Miller, sends me his self-reflections and I learn.   Bob is one of the widest and deepest thinkers I know, particularly in matters of the...
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Bernadette Noll
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Bernadette Noll

April 25, 2019

I Want to Age Like Sea Glass As I hit 49... I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, not broken. I want the currents of life to...
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Gone
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Gone

By Jack Johnson

March 27, 2019

Editor’s Comment: Heard this (as usual) while shuffling through my ITunes library on a run recently. Seems a perfect complement to my son, Timmy’s poem last month titled “Enough”. Favorite...
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Joseph Goldstein
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Joseph Goldstein

By Joseph Goldstein

March 27, 2019

we may give our time, our energy, our material possessions, our love.   All are expressions of caring, of compassion, of connection, and of renunciation—the ability to let go.  The beauty...
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No Self-made Man am I
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No Self-made Man am I

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2019

The temptation for folks my age with some success is to explain that we are “self-made”.  We proudly build our story around “starting with nothing” then we bloviate about the...
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Just Sit
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Just Sit

By Sukey and Elizabeth Novogratz

January 24, 2019

Editor’s Comment:   I like to think my life was “saved” by Amy Skerry and Paul Gellman who led me to meditation practice back in the 1990s.  The stress of...
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Lost In My Mind
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Lost In My Mind

By The Head And The Heart

December 31, 2018

Editor’s Comment:  Editor’s comment: This Christmas, I reviewed over 100 songs my daughter Caitlin has given me over time (she started creating Daddy Mixes when she was 14) and picked...
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Erich Fromm
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Erich Fromm

By Erich Fromm

October 26, 2018

"The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers." -Erich Fromm
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Flow
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Flow

By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

September 29, 2018

Editor’s Comments:  This author and this book have been around for a long time but I’d forgotten about it until someone recently made fun of me for my fantasy sports...
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Anthem
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Anthem

By Leonard Cohen

September 29, 2018

Editor’s Comment:   My friend, Marty Grothe, reminded me of this wonderful song.  Really it’s a poem.  Then my son, Kevin, sent me all the verses.  Then while looking it...
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10 Signs You Know What Matters | Steven C. Hayes Ph.D
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10 Signs You Know What Matters | Steven C. Hayes Ph.D

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2018

Editor’s comment: This is among the best articles I’ve ever shared.  The very idea that we “don’t find values, we choose them” is just explosive to me.  I read the...
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More or Less
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More or Less

By Jeff Shinabarger

August 29, 2018

Editor’s Comments:   I found this book in my stack waiting, perhaps for years.  I sadly cannot even remember who gave it to me.  I took and shot and was...
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Helen Keller
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Helen Keller

By Helen Keller

August 29, 2018

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.  Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”       -Helen Keller
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