Writing through change and challenges helps me unravel my thoughts and emotions, sort them out, create space in my mind for possibilities and let go of some of the debris. It is a healing process I started when I was a teen. When things are really hard, however, I find…
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Start With Suffering, Then Turn the Page
Suffering…when we’re in it, we think it will never end. The truth is, it is the jumping off point. Suffering kicks us in the butt and we choose to turn the page. We hurt. It’s uncomfortable, so we look for ways to relieve our suffering. We look for fixes. Some…
View More Start With Suffering, Then Turn the PageWISDOM – WHAT IS IT? #WisdomWednesday
As a young adult I admired those individuals who emulated wisdom. I read voraciously the words of great writers and teachers who seemed to have an inside tract on the meaning of life. From Kierkegaard, Tillich, C.S. Lewis, Kahlil Gibran, Jesus, Reinhold Niebuhr, Jung, Martin Buber, to Camus, Sartre, Herman Hess, Samuel…
View More WISDOM – WHAT IS IT? #WisdomWednesdayWe Are Not Broken – You Are Not Broken
Welcome to Wisdom Wednesday Feeling and believing that we are broken or don’t measure up in some way…that we are flawed…inadequate…and in need of fixing…is an illusion. You are not broken. Perfection is a fantasy. As human beings we have the ability to see, to conceptualize, a more perfect something.…
View More We Are Not Broken – You Are Not BrokenLife is Complicated. It is also Worth Living
LIFE AS A GIANT PUZZLE Most of us live and act as if life is complicated, a giant puzzle that is up to us to figure out. I must confess that I enjoy the puzzling, wondering, figuring, learning of it all in my peaceful moments. I do not, however, enjoy…
View More Life is Complicated. It is also Worth LivingThe Aftermath of a Childhood of Abuse
A childhood of abuse or neglect sets the stage for an adult who does not know who they are. Healthy boundaries are either a mystery or non-existent, and their behavior often either too rigid or too fluid. When we don’t know who we are, we may unconsciously cling to the…
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