Jan. 13, 2024 Something I’ve worked hard on over the past eight years or so is developing and deepening my ability to engage in self-compassion. Basically, self-compassion is treating yourself with the same kindness and grace that you treat your friends with. One of the key aspects of self-compassion is understanding that you are not …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: OVER THE HILL by John Hiatt
Jan. 12, 2024 There’s a difference between getting old and growing old. Growing old involves maturity, grace, and wisdom. Getting old — to me anyway — means feeling like a tired, sore, grumpy bastard. All day today, I’ve felt like I’m getting old. I’ve got this thing going on in my right shoulder. It started …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: HEARD IT ON THE RADIO by The Bird and the Bee
Jan. 11, 2024 Summer is on my mind tonight. And with it, summertime music. The drive home this evening was filled with snow and slippery roads. A big, windy storm (the second in less than a week) is coming Saturday, and there are two big snowstorms possible next week. So I’m thinking of summer. On …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN by Tears for Fears
Jan. 10, 2024 Picture it: the summer of 1993. But don’t picture the beach or an open highway or any of those other summer cliches. Instead, picture a guy on the precipice of leaving the family farm he grew up on for the past 19 years and worked on for the past seven. He’s driving …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: LOVE AND MERCY by Brian Wilson
Jan. 9, 2024 It’s a tough time of year. Winter and I don’t get along well for a lot of different reasons. Some trivial, some not. Right now I have a cold (again!), I’m wiped out, and if I don’t work at preventing it, I feel like I’m trapped. Trapped in a cold, white box, …
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