by Guy Sayles | Oct 9, 2015 | Opinion
Many of us have a troubled relationship with time. Carl Honore wrote an interesting book, “In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed,” the idea for which came to him as he rushed through an airport and saw a book...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 24, 2015 | Opinion
Near the end of my morning walk, I walked past two men who were ambling in the opposite direction and having a lively conversation with each other. The street was busy and noisy, but I heard one phrase, “Yeah, he was so unusually kind to me that it made me feel...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 8, 2015 | Opinion
There’s more than a year to go before the presidential election, and, already, I am weary with the campaign. When I can manage simply to view the candidates as performers, some talented and others not so much, and hear their speeches as scripts in an...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 14, 2015 | Opinion
In her work on the surprising power of vulnerability, Brene Brown identified shame as a primary source of our resistance to the risk of wholehearted openness, the kind of emotional and spiritual openness, which can bring us deeper joy and energize greater...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 27, 2015 | Opinion
A group of preschoolers arrived as my friend, Bob, and I were sitting on the bleachers just outside the racquetball court and trying to catch our breath between games. Race-running, soccer-ball-kicking, tricycle-riding and twirling-dancing preschool children spread...
