My 1-Minute Wednesday series pairs a brief piece of music with a piece of thought-provoking text. THE WANDERING MIND Creative energy lights from a restless mind. At the slightest provocation, our minds take joyous flight. We crash into ideas like electrons, spontaneously reactive, connecting everything and nothing. The nearly-random flitting of neurons produces beautifully true expressions, art, love, life. But reconciling this inner nature with the demands of society is the

My 1-Minute Wednesday series pairs a brief piece of music with a piece of thought-provoking text. CAMINATA Walking might be the best medicine for a clouded mind. When I reach mental fatigue and exhaustion I reach for my shoes and breeze out the door. The physical motion stirs not just muscle fibers but neurons and axions. As the body moves, the mind wants to keep up. Sluggish brainwaves reluctantly accelerate. The fog of the day lifts. And life is thrown in sharp relief. The

My 1-Minute Wednesday series pairs a brief piece of music with a piece of thought-provoking text. HEARTSTRING Love binds us beautifully both romantically and platonically, drawing us out of ourselves and into the arms of others. A loveless life is cold and dead; our highest selves thrive on connection, compassion and empathy. These feelings flow most readily towards those closest to us. Yet we can be reluctant to open our hearts even just a few degrees of separation away. Lov

My 1-Minute Wednesday series pairs a brief piece of music with a piece of thought-provoking text. WINTER Snow fills even anxious city streets with winter’s quiet. A cold solemnity settles the spirit.We must all face winters that we would rather avoid. Times of rest when we are restless. Times of darkness with little light. Times of sorrow and little hope. Forced to seek shelter, we rail against winter. But this season is a necessary contrast to summer; the light needs darknes