Monthly Archives: November 2022

FMM 11 25 22 Metamorphosis

November 25, 2022 · by · in Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” ~ Lao Tzu. When I was a teenager, one of my sisters, who was already in nursing school, came home to Jamaica to visit.  She brought presents for us, and mine was a big, shiny, coffee-table type illustrated book of […]

11 18 2022 Citizen of the World

November 18, 2022 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.”~ Haile Selassie. My grandmother was born in Patagonia, Argentina. Her parents had […]

FMM 11 11 2022 The Untethered Spirit

November 11, 2022 · by · in Inspirational, transcendence · 1 Comment

“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.” ~ Thomas Merton. My father went to Jamaica in 1963, having accepted two jobs. One was to be minister of a charge with only three churches (the usual charge had five or more churches), and the other to be chaplain and part time teacher at the […]

FMM 11 4 2022 The Sound of Silence

November 4, 2022 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees.” ~ Thomas S. Monson. I traveled to Jamaica with my family in 1963, sailing on the SS Ascania.  Our journey was extended by several days, as we had to observe protocol, and allow a killer to exit the Caribbean before […]