Great interview with Sam Keen about his philosophy of love and sex and culture's encroachment on both. One nugget:

That shows one of the deep kinds of sicknesses of our society—that we have so sexualized touch…It's become almost taboo for us to touch people when we don't have sexual intentions. I mean teachers can't touch kids anymore!

And we're creatures of touch!…We were created within a body and nurtured by a body. Most of our experiences of ecstasy have to do with touch. So, what kind of civilization are we creating in which we are literally "out of touch?"

I've learned a lot about how I want to live my life from Keen's books, particularly Learning to Fly, about his decision at age 62 to learn the flying trapeze. As someone who tends toward overcaution & worry, I found his willingness to follow and work toward his dream inspiring. So today's wish is that we all come to knowledge of what our dreams are, and then have the courage and determination to make them happen.