Our natural surroundings invite us to simply be. To quiet, to breath, to stillness. There is no hurry and no anxiety in the cyclical abundance and lull of life on Earth. For so many of us, peace is elusive, an unattainable wisp on the fractured horizon of our permanently broken hearts. How odd, since we … Continue reading Coming Home: A Call to Return to Nature When Chaos Visits
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The Lie of Enough: Shame in our Perceived Lack
For most people, culture is virtually indistinguishable from truth. Whatever is normal is best. Whatever is socially acceptable is right. Whatever is valued or sought after as a society is good; that which is eschewed is bad. Besides the faulty logic of this approach, there are deeper, insidious impacts. These assumptions, these unchallenged standards and … Continue reading The Lie of Enough: Shame in our Perceived Lack
For Anyone Who Needs a Laugh
(which is everyone) First: A hysterical article with some pretty stellar advice for the lazy writer in all of us. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/16-tricks-to-stretch-out-an-essay Second: A clip from a masterful 90s show. Heck, anything with John Lithgow is incredible, amiright? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx18XDUUp3E&t=10s Last: The stellar definition of this highly adaptable phrase: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beep%20beep%20boop Don't stop laughing. Some people might tell … Continue reading For Anyone Who Needs a Laugh
The Journey
Some five years ago, I sat before a counselor urging me to separate from my husband. I was caught in a whirling toxic mess, where only one person was showing up and the other was intent upon destruction. This perceptive counselor realized that, and all the implications of such a situation, much quicker than I … Continue reading The Journey
Make Hope Louder
We have a propensity, perhaps even a love affair, with giving the negative a bullhorn. Every frustration, doubt, grief, and despair is given voice through social media, news, texts, e-mails, and even the narrative in our minds. In fact, I would submit that this is such a common occurrence, a widely accepted approach, we rarely … Continue reading Make Hope Louder
Cheap is More Expensive
Cheap Is More Expensive “Sticker shock” is the term for the disgust and frustration the average person experiences upon learning the price of an expensive item or service. If only it was just a sticker we were upset about. I’ve yet to find an equally fitting term for the disgust and frustration a person suffers … Continue reading Cheap is More Expensive
The Personality of Business: Empathy is Boss
The word “business” conjures an image of the dry, rote give and take of services and goods. These exchanges fulfill an equation: I need X and I will give you Y for it. If what I offer isn’t what you want, we’re done here. If what you want to pay isn’t what I’ll accept, then … Continue reading The Personality of Business: Empathy is Boss
Role Versus Identity: The Permanence View
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job … Continue reading Role Versus Identity: The Permanence View
Lessons in Concrete 