What’s Next

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

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Amazing Music: "If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen
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Amazing Music: "If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen

By Leonard Cohen

November 29, 2016

Editor’s note: A beautiful prayer by Leonard Cohen. Enough said. The words below are part of his introduction to the song at his 1985 Warsaw concert.  Favorite words: "There is...
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Article of Interest: The Power of Emotional Agility

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2016

Editor’s Note: I’m a slave to impulse though thankfully less so as I age and mellow. But it still takes a huge effort for me (Alice says I’m not “type...
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Article of Interest: “Join in the Dance” by Father Richard Rohr

By Tim McCarthy

October 30, 2016

Editor’s note:   I read Father Rohr’s daily reflections most mornings.  As with any reader, some days he resonates, some not so much.  On this day, I loved his reflection...
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Article of Interest – “How Music Brings Us Together” by Jill Suttie

By Tim McCarthy

July 31, 2016

Editor’s comments: How amazing that we are now proving music has mental health benefits! Who didn’t know that? My Mom never sang to us or to anyone, she was embarrassed...
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You Might Die Trying
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You Might Die Trying

By Dave Matthews Band

July 31, 2016

Dave Matthews Band 'You Might Die Trying’ - I grew up with Dave Matthews Band. They are my development years (high school and college). Just a fun, accessible, sing-along, jam...
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My Silver Lining
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My Silver Lining

By First Aid Kit

May 30, 2016

Editor's Note: A couple close friends on a tough assignment told me they played this song while they worked. Great lyrics and the right upbeat rhythm to keep one going,...
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Article of Interest – “Seven Lessons About Finding the Work You Were Meant To Do” by Kate Torgovnick May
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Article of Interest – “Seven Lessons About Finding the Work You Were Meant To Do” by Kate Torgovnick May

By Tim McCarthy

May 30, 2016

Editor’s note: The very idea that we don’t “find” our calling, we “fight for it” is a head-banger for me. I’m doing a commencement address to my old high school...
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Be The Miracle
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Be The Miracle

By Regina Brett

April 27, 2016

Editor’s note: Sometimes I just need a lift. This book by a local newspaper writer who I’ve met and I admire qualifies. She’s also a good writer having been finalist...
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83

By John Mayer

March 30, 2016

Editor’s Note: I’ve been assigned by my meditation teacher to consider my "essential self." In his words, that means to try to picture who I was before I experienced the...
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Article of Interest – “50 Secrets of Prosperity” by Randy Gage

By Tim McCarthy

March 30, 2016

Editor’s note: Some fun ones, some wrong ones and a few that really blew me away, such as: The universe can only do for you what it can do through...
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Truckin’
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Truckin’

By Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter

February 26, 2016

Editor’s note: There are probably many reasons this became the theme of a generation and perhaps asking my sixties friends I’d find a few more. But to me, this song...
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Article of Interest – “Listening to Pain” interview with Brene Brown

By Tim McCarthy

February 26, 2016

Editor’s note: I read Daily Good most days and like the things they lead me to. It’s a volunteer organization that collects and publishes quotes and commentary regarding social good....
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Article of Interest – “Retributive Justice and Restorative Justice” by Father Richard Rohr, SJ

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2016

Editor’s note: Simply the best article I’ve ever read about God.
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Article of Interest – “Why Chasing Happiness Might Be Making You Miserable” by Mandy Oaklander

By Tim McCarthy

October 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: I enjoy this woman’s writing style. I consider this article a modernized treatment of my favorite Viktor Frankl quote, “happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue as an...
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Article of Interest – “The Science of Stress” by Maria Popova

By Tim McCarthy

September 30, 2015

Editor's comment: I've been a student of mind-body connection for 18+ years now and this is as good a commentary as I've read. No one - NO ONE - seems...
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In My Dreams
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In My Dreams

By David Crosby

August 30, 2015

Editor's Note: I've always been captivated by David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash harmonies.  My favorite is the famous "Helplessly Hoping." Here's a far more obscure song, this one...
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Article of Interest – “The Moral Bucket List” by David Brooks

By Tim McCarthy

July 28, 2015

Editor's Note: I think of David Brooks as a poor man's St. Augustine and I think of myself as a poor man's David Brooks. I find him insightful, delightful and...
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Colorblind
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Colorblind

By Counting Crows

May 31, 2015

Editor's Note:  It’s always refreshing to not only see a celebrity share his or her mental anguish with others, but do so on their own terms. Counting Crows’ front man...
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Finish Big
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Finish Big

By Bo Burlingham

April 28, 2015

Editor’s Note: If you own all or part of a business, this is a must-read. One way or another you will exit your business, as Burlingham says, even if on...
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Newsletter – “What Boulder Are You Rolling?” by Tim McCarthy
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Newsletter – “What Boulder Are You Rolling?” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

March 29, 2015

At a meditation retreat several years ago, my teacher reminded us of the legend of Sisyphus. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was the King of Corinth who was punished for chronic...
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Circle Game
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Circle Game

By Joni Mitchell

March 29, 2015

Editor’s Note: Heard this on my iTunes the other day while running and realize what depth of thought there is in this one. No surprise for Ms. Mitchell who woke...
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