I’VE BEEN THINKING…
by Rick Thyne
I’ve been thinking about useless conversations.
I've been thinking about the painful and divisive conversations that took place during the recent election season, many of which continue.
I’ve been thinking about legacy.
Whose legacy lives like this in you? Who gnawed their way so deep into your soul that they live in you day by day? Whoever it is, we’re so fortunate to have loved such people, and to carry them with us forever.
I’ve been thinking about happiness and contentment.
Most of us want both. We want the pleasures available in each day, and we want the deep contentment that comes over time. We want to be happy; even more, we want contentment.
I’ve been thinking about friends and beloveds.
The proliferation of social media has changed the meaning of the word “friend.” What was always a noun (“you are my friend”) is now used as a verb (“I want to friend you”).
I’ve been thinking about certainty and uncertainty.
Like most of us, I grew up with basic certainties, but bit-by-bit, this fabric of certainty frayed.
I’ve been thinking about authenticity.
More and more, I find myself living from the inside out and caring less and less about being measured from the outside in.
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Hi, I’m Rick Thyne and I’m grateful that you found your way to these pages. I’ve published two books in the past decade and along the way I’ve discovered that I really love to write. In the news and in so many conversations, I find issues I care about; so I’ve decided to write brief columns about these issues and to share them with you. I hope you’ll write back with your own thoughts and questions. Perhaps in this conversation we’ll find our way to more of the common good that is for me our best hope for a future in which all of us thrive. Thank you again for sharing in these conversations.