Today, our Dad is laid to his eternal rest. In beautiful symmetry, today would be his 88th birthday. Here are the words I read as my tribute to my father: A Tribute to My Father, Ed Axelrod Words alone cannot describe you, Dad, To measure the impact on our lives you had. I speak about […]
On Thursday, just as it has been for 29 years, Ernie and I were chatting while he was cutting my hair. But there was something different about this conversation. Usually, it’s his clippers that make the hair on my neck stand up. This time, it was his words. Actually, it was only two words: Ten […]
April 20, 1999 is forever etched in my psyche. It’s amazing the power a single word can have to bring back a tidal wave of feelings from a day of tragic horror: Columbine! That day, everything in my world shifted. I could not stop thinking about how it could happen. Axiology was no longer a […]
Today, Pope John Paul II is laid to rest. Be at peace, Your Holiness. It’s likely Pope John Paul II will become a saint. Although I am not Catholic, he gets my vote. He was a man of peace, love and understanding. Peoples of all faiths mourn his passing. He was more than a religious […]
A Tribute to Ann Axelrod… September 11, 1916 – March 22, 2004 (Reprinted as written March 21, 2004) I’ve been immersed in playing the NEW Game. Today, I’d like to talk about a different game. It’s a game none of us look forward to, yet each one of us will play one day: The end […]
There is something strikingly different about 50 than any other birthday: The AARP! The American Association of Retired People got their membership application in my mailbox on December 1. Those guys are crack marketers. Other than that, the BIG 5-0 is no big deal. It’s just another number. I’m told I look younger than my […]
**** Special Birthday Eve Teleconference**** Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at 8pm Eastern The NEW Game of Spirituality… Enrich Your Life, Enliven Your Livelihood, Enhance Your Standard of Living! Phone Number: 858-300-3030 Access Code: 12254# (remember the # sign). ***************************************** I hope you had a Happy Thanks and Giving. There is much for which to give […]
We can be so addicted to thinking about the future that when the future is finally present, we will be absent — because we will already be thinking about what comes next. Why dream our lives away? Why suffer over what was but no longer is? How can we stop living in our fantasies of […]
