FertileHearted Human

In the human game injury is pretty much inevitable. How do we play without causing unnecessary harm?

                  I was reading the NYT piece about JP Morgan’s culpability in the Madoff scam, the red flags they missed and the penalty they must now pay. And I couldn’t help but think about the ten thousand missed red flags of behavior that begged to be addressed by […]

Bowing Journal 12/11/13 I have a bad cold, so really bundled up today before heading out to do my bowing:  2 nuggets from today:    The power of a kind word: “I’m glad you have some sun for your bowing today!” said a pleasant looking man after stopping briefly to read my sign.  What makes it […]

Life has a way of nudging us toward healing in mysterious ways. Three years ago, I proposed the idea of the Turn It Around Project to our Fertile Heart Community, marking November 9 as the Day of Compassion. My intention was to encourage myself and others to channel the lingering grief linked to 9/11 into a force for good. […]

August 11 was a Sunday this year.  I began bowing at my usual spot across the street from Bread Alone bakery.  But minutes after unrollingmy banner I felt I was hiding, being too safe standing there in the shade, apart from the Sunday morning breakfast traffic. So I picked up the easel with the sign and took a […]

Amidst expectations of the holidays, the very air around us is thick with grief. The devastation  of the Newtown tragedy is once again a bewildering mirror of the evil that could be delivered by human hand. And in spite of it all, I’m inviting you to join me in keeping our hearts open, allowing the fountain of tears […]