Tag: awareness

• Reflection: Moving on

  

  “Everybody’s moving, if they’re not already there. Everybody’s got to move somewhere.” –Bob Dylan The leaves are leaving. The army of leaves that have fed the tree all summer now deserts, one by one, floating down in their dried uniforms to the ground. Soon whole regiments will be abandoning their posts, borne away by late…

  abendelow

  October 15, 2025

  Cultural analysis, Reflection

  “better angels of our nature”, abraham lincoln, awareness, Ayrshire, bob dylan, buddhism, Dalmellington, deep sleep, energy, ephemerality, fleetingness, impermanence, MAGA, memory, mindfulness, scotland, spinal fluid, transcience, tyranny, US Constitution

• Reflection: What I can no longer do

  

  I find that with the loss of that youthful confidence in eternal sunshine, I cannot live a day without the grounding awareness of mortality, disease, and disability. 

  abendelow

  July 18, 2025

  Reflection

  aging, alcohol, awareness, capability, declining health, health, mental health, national public radio, self-care, spirituality, testosterone