There is a stark reality to life: sometimes goodbye is the only thing there is left to say. It doesn’t really matter to what or whom; good bye always leaves you somewhat grounded in your own mortality, aching of soul.…
Author: Alison Rodgers
At the Corner of Van Halen & May
I am conflicted today. It’s May, the month of endings and beginnings. You know how you long for that moment when you’re balanced and level…and this isn’t it? This isn’t it. I’m kinda wondering what is behind Doors #1,2 and…
Unending
There are three sticks of prayer incense burning to my left; today I’m writing at my dining room table instead of in my office. Many papers to finish, and the time wastes away. I contemplate silence that doesn’t seem to…
All In
Greetings, and happy Friday for this side of the planet. The rest of you…happy Saturday a.m. 🙂 For the music for this post: All In by Lifehouse Mood: Alive….very alive. If the magic of the internet works properly, there is a…
When Emotions Lead to Need
This has been an educational, somewhat painful, very stormy sort of week. Echoing what whether in my life, there is also storm outside my office window. This is the same window that I’ve gazed through watching the winter wonderland of…
Numb
Today’s healthy thought: letting yourself admit failure is tough, even when it’s in your best interest. I am mapping out my strategy for this new life of mine, for the inevitable changes that are on the horizon. I am ready…
Rejoice…Rejoice
There are few things in life that are more important than the people that you love…who love you in return. Faith in God (however that looks for you all across the world) and faith in yourself are both important. Next…
New Day
My cup runneth over. How is your heart today? I heard this line in a movie once…give hope a chance. It’ll rise to the top, if you let it. I want to let it. Outside, there is an inch of…
Peace With This
Can you live like you are dying? Do you know what it feels like to realize that every day is a gift…and if you’re rushing through it you’re throwing away the most precious gift of all? Time. I am listening…
Knowing
In my lifetime, I have come to know that the most empowering moment in life is when you simply accept and breathe. Circumstances have a way of working themselves out, into new life moments, into things that you have not…
Beginnings
There is a daunting thing on my computer screen: a simple blank white sheet. It’s my job to put words there. My IPod is charging. The books are stacked. I have an entire pot of hot, dark, freshly ground Sumatra…
A Single Day
It’s tough to let go, isn’t it? It’s been a year since Dawn died this week….it doesn’t seem possible that so much time has slipped by so quickly, or that the world has changed like it has. But it is…
Ending Emotional Pain: Walking Tall
Healthy, whole and well aren’t a myth for those people who experience emotional pain ~ they are a chosen reality. Today I made a resolution to no longer let the absence of something color my day…not a person, a feeling,…
Ending Emotional Pain: Inner Freedom
I am not like everyone else. Having said that, you might look inside yourself and find that same statement. We’re all unique, all different from one another. Even the small parts of us that remind each other of people gone…
Letting go: A centering thought
I’m going to be writing on emotional pain and realtionships through out the week, but I thought that I would borrow this thought from the author of “Codependent No More” aka Melanie Beatty. It’s a great read, if you haven’t…