Even though I moved into my loft in August of 1999, I still remember coming to see it before the purchase. It was big, spacious, bare, with boring white walls, unpainted metal ceiling, primitive and minimal kitchen, polished plywood on the upper floor, and – for some strange reason – the washer and dryer were […]
It is perhaps both ironic and also uncanny that this Reflection comes in parallel with a whirlwind of the various and diverse places I am traveling through these days. The idea for the topic was born at Hollyhock, on Cortes Island, which is located in the northern Gulf Islands of British Columbia (though the the […]
Today’s Reflection is about my time in India, that is coming to an end. I have just one more day to complete my almost 3-weeks visit to India. Mostly to teach a 2-week course at the School of Inspired Leadership (https://www.soilindia.net), which is an innovative year-long MBA degree oriented around the 5 values of […]
Today’s Reflection is about an encounter in the air, and the resulting story of listening to a painful wake up call. Here I am, sitting at the Toronto Pearson airport, having just arrived from Vancouver, and on the way to Israel. A few hours to read, write, and move around until the next flight in […]
Today’s Reflection is about integrating a duality of a life. Definitely mine. Perhaps yours too. I don’t have children of my own, which is a life choice of a long time ago. However, some of my friends do. This begs an interesting question, along the lines of “What kind of a world am I leaving […]
Today’s Reflection is about a story that crossed my path, “The Three Questions” by Leo Tolstoy. And even though it crossed my path a long time ago, it is somehow ever more relevant today. One day it occurred to a certain emperor that if he only knew the answers to three questions, he would never […]
Today’s Reflection is about another perspective of looking at our deeply and profoundly interconnected world, where nothing exists in isolation, and everything impacts, affects, and depends on everything else. The following is a story Keli told me, about a live performance Prince gave in Vancouver a long time ago; I hope that in retelling it, […]