Growth, Development, Education.

Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, Thay.

Learning requires Change, “Letting Go of Previous Rungs on a Ladder” Metaphor.

Dualisms, Dichotomous Thinking: Liberal-Conservative Divisions, Political & Cultural Gaps, Divides.

Letting Go, NonGrasping, Free of Concepts, Freedom from PreConceived Notions.

(Music: Courtesy of Adrian Von Ziegler, “Your Dying Heart.” )

EcoSpirituality, Eco-Spirituality, EcoTheology, Eco-Theology, Mother Earth Spirituality, Earth-centered Spirituality.

Mindfulness, Awareness, & Presence in the Natural World, Nature as Teacher.

Questions as the “Quest I On” from Laurence Boldt’s book Zen & the Art of Making a Living.

The Value of Recognizing the Sacred – To Sacralize or Re-Sacralize, To ReSacralize.

Spiritual Practices with Family, Friends, Loved Ones & Individual, Personal Spiritual Practices.

Nurturing Curiosity, Mystery, Wonder, & Awe.

(Music: Courtesy of Adrian Von Ziegler, “Your Dying Heart.” )

Children’s Literature, Ruth Sawyer’s book Old Con and Patrick, Reading Aloud with Children.

Connecting Across Space & Time through Books, the Power of Reading.

Storytelling & Story Reading, Ruth Sawyer’s book The Way of the Storyteller, Sacred Stories.

Michael’s STORYTELLING WEBSITE.

Podcast Series THE MINDFUL STORYTELLER.

Podcast Series MICHAEL THE STORYTELLER TELLS TALES.

Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, Interbeing, Inter-being, Fierce Interdependence.

Elders, Ancestors, NonSeparateness.

Connections, Deathlessness, Connecting Across the Chasms of Life & Death.

(Music: Courtesy of Adrian Von Ziegler, “Your Dying Heart.” )