Do You Have Mystery In Your Life?

Originally, the was posted at http://www.profoundliving.live. I love the question and thought I'd drop it here too. So here goes: http://www.profoundliving.live/do-you-have-mystery-in-your-life

Dead Poet’s Society Redux

"Oh Captain, My Captain" Professor Keating surely pushed the boundaries at Welton Academy, didn’t he? We all know this story, don’t we? It’s fictional, found in the movie The Dead Poet’s Society, but in it we see the courage of teachers who will simply not be confined to soul-sucking constraints, mustn’t we? Welton is conservative, … Continue reading Dead Poet’s Society Redux →

Haiku

Haikus have lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and then 5 syllables). There are a number of benefits from writing them regularly. Here are some examples I have composed: I've been to the mountaintop. Not so. A summit. Still, vast is the view. A backyard playground. Laughing dogs, barking kids. Now...still. Broken home. … Continue reading Haiku →

Make The Presidency Great Again

“In 1664, Louis the Fourteen, in his own efforts to encourage the arts, donned brilliant tights and played in a drama called Furious Roland before a happy court. Moreover, he drafted the highest officers of his administration for the play so that, according to an account, all clad in brilliant tights themselves, they passed before … Continue reading Make The Presidency Great Again →

Beware of Reverence

“They were gods of the highest standing and dignity—gods of civilized peoples—worshiped and believed in by millions. All were theoretically omnipotent, omniscient, and immortal. And all are dead.” ~H. L. Mencken, “In Memoriam”, (In Hitchens, 2007, p. 146) I place my hope and my heart into my experience and my observation of reverence. Reverential living is … Continue reading Beware of Reverence →

Absurd Absurdity

To those who claim They’ve found the truth I sincerely wish them well The best they’ve found In my view Is incomplete yet still. On March 23, 1973, “An Evening of the Absurd” opened on the stage of the Washburn University Theater, in Topeka, Kansas. Two one-acts were on the bill, both written … Continue reading Absurd Absurdity →

Profiles In Courage

Here is an essay I wrote for the Profound Living site, called Profiles In Courage. Profiles In Courage

Dirty Underwear

Dirty underwear Socks, shirts, pants, strewn all around Alas, hard to keep clean. ~Michael Kroth, Haiku We live in such a throw away society. A consumption society. A care-less society. It is difficult to watch the oceans fill with plastic and the impact of our litter on innocent animals, plants, and people. Much has … Continue reading Dirty Underwear →

Lying In Bed

There is something creative about lying in bed. Something scrumptious. Something drug-free-but-drug-ish. Something sinful. I am not one to loll about in bed all day, and when I “hit the hay” I’m pretty much out until the next morning. I don’t take naps. When my alarm goes off in the morning I head out to … Continue reading Lying In Bed →

Moral Corrosion, Moral Hypocrisy, Moral Center

"This is how moral Corrosion happens." Erodes. ~David Brooks. He's right. ~Michael Kroth, Haiku, 3-4-19 David Brooks' recent NYTs essay, Morality and Michael Cohen, describes how congressional Republicans, as they support the current president, become "morally numb" via "daily acts of moral distancing, a process that means that after a few months you are tolerant of any … Continue reading Moral Corrosion, Moral Hypocrisy, Moral Center →