Love All, Serve All

Especially today I am reminded and need to remember the power of the human spirit and imagination. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support

My wife reminded me that her Mom would be 93 were she alive today. I choose to believe that her spirit lives on in her kids and grand kids and all of those who she touched during her life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support

The recent Republican National Convention reminded me of this story I wrote in 2017 about how our outer world view is tied to our inner world view. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support

I publish this episode in celebration of Trevor Lewis on his birthday and with appreciation for the gifts he has shared with me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support

My son turned 33 today and I honor who he has become as a man. He is now 1/2 my age. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support

I wrote this reflection about gender norms and equality when North Carolina passed the so called bathroom bill or HB2. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support

When I spoke with my big brother when he recently came home following surgery to repair a hernia I was reminded of how he was after successful surgery for a cancerous prostate. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support

Today I received my first Social Security check at age 66. I celebrate this milestone with a lament to ageism: mine from decades ago and others now. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support

Bill resided for decades in a state institution due to the lack of accessible housing and community support. I first heard the phrase “piss on pity” from the former Iowa senator Tom Harken from a speech that he made celebrating the anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act but that was after I knew Bill in the late 1970’s. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support

In honor of my daughter coming to visit despite the pandemic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ian-rudick/support