You Were Never Meant To Be Here
Several months ago, I had the unexpected privilege of sharing my heart with a room full of folks battling and in various stages of recovery from drug, alcohol, and other addictions...
Release Your Fear: 12 Tips To Create An Amazing Story And Life
"Every story is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair."
~ Byron Katie
Release your fear today.
Don’t lie...
DISCRIMINATION-MANAGING THESE TURBULENT TIMES
In the wake of George Floyd, I respectfully compose this article. The intent of my article is not to debate or facilitate hate or discrimination. I write this article from a...
After The War On Drugs…
Spring, 2009. After the war on drugs? Scanning down the list of hits from an online search, I see this phrase and am stunned by the words. Long time meditation practices...
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
John Donne’s (1572-1631) quotation, “No Man is an island,” appeared in Devotions upon emergent occasions and seuerall steps in my sicknes - Meditation XVII, 1624. That verbally ponderous, yet sage, reference...
Emotional Trauma
There have been many articles written on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and trauma which involve symptoms associated with events such as rape, violence and murder, but rarely do we hear...
Armor
The darkest of hours could not bring me light. I reached a place where peace felt unobtainable. Night after night, I stared at my walls alone, wondering how or even if...
ACCEPTING “THE WAY OF THE WORLD” OR JUST LET IT RAIN
“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That’s one of my favorite things to say. So what.” Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Funny,...
YOUR LIFE SKILLS GAINED DURING COVID MAKE YOU STRONG!
Hello Graduates! Don’t lose heart. Your best education starts now.
Welcome to the world of uncertainty. Fasten your seatbelt. Your career road may be a long ride. But they say half the...
Tears
TEARS
Huge tears were rolling down those perfect youthful cheeks. At thirty-four, my youth was coming to an end, her budding womanhood only beginning. Somehow her eyes appeared greener through the tears,...
