Author Archives: Bob Patrick

Reposted from April 10, 2024 Struck. With news. Of terrible loss. How can this be? Pain, fear, doubt, guilt, shame. Deeply entwined in so many lives. I awoke thinking myself an individual being. Now drawn into a reality larger than … Continue reading →

Reposted from March 26, 2024 A few days ago, I was observing an online classroom. There were a couple of points where the professor was interacting with an individual student.  The student said something that I could tell the professor … Continue reading →

Reposted from March 8, 2024 with addendum Transformation comes out of chaos.  Is this true? I’ve been thinking about it lately. I imagine two different scenarios which inform transformation, whether personally (e.g. health, financial, sense of purpose, search for meaning), … Continue reading →

Reposted from February 28, 2024 Are we so disconnected from our own souls that we are unable to recognize the soul within another?   –Lisa Kiel True justice and equity will not happen until we see each other as equals.  –Rita … Continue reading →

Reposted from January 22, 2024 I find a lot of meaning in seeing patterns, symbols, shapes and repeating dynamics. Anytime. Anywhere. With any set of relationships. When I see a pattern or repeating dynamic or a symbol of a thing … Continue reading →

Reposted from January 1, 2024 This is a phrase that was made popular by the New Age movement of the 1980’s and 90’s.  Perhaps it was the equivalent of “thoughts and prayers” in that it was a phrase to say … Continue reading →