“I want to be like you.” You’ve seen her. At the grocery and in the department store, she’s the girl that walks by and you notice. On the street, men stop and stare, smile, or glance appreciatively…
We all have them on occasion. The “blues” come to call like the persistent ringing of the phone. Your whole body seems like it’s in slow-mo and life just isn’t the greatest. Oddly, the blues are a form of…
Everyone in the world needs love. It is truth – without appropriate love, the youngest child will fail to thrive, and without someone to care for and about you, the wisest of us become jaded and alone. To be human…
Why do we echo with feelings of loneliness? Is this part of the human condition that we seek something, need something outside of ourselves to feel complete? It’s common to hear, this tale of loneliness from people in all walks…
The Owl has returned, and with it, my knowledge that the world runs through a power greater than mine. Still, he always finds his way home, the little owl. It is one of the ways that I know that summer…
Life, they say, is complicated. Have you found yourself wondering how to let go, come to center, end the emotional roller coaster? Ever wonder who “they” is, and how the rules of life are set? Really, the right, wrong, should,…
More than enough. It’s been the thought on my mind all day, where a deep sense of longing and loss have met with gentle acceptance and a swell of real, tangible hope. It feels like my eyes have been opened…
It’s raining outside my office window, great sheets of water falling from a suddenly darkened sky. That is one of the things that I love about May; everything changes from my view here by the window. A break in the…
Am I love? As I love you, I love you, all in and without reservation. There is nothing left for me but to be wholly in and invested in you. I long to be together to feel grace and truth collide…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Have you ever been haunted by the loss of a friend, love, job, family member….a thought or feeling that settles into your aching heart and shadows the corner of your mind. Loss, more than any other emotion, tends to define…
