Here’s one of those things I am not all that proud about; my quest for approval. Know what I mean? When you know what is the right thing to do yet you do something else simply because you believe it is what someone else wants? Not a great feeling is it. Humans are, by nature, […]
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Do you do the tradition where just before you dig into the mounds and mounds of food on the Thanksgiving table you go around the group and say something for which you are thankful? Have you ever felt like a deer in the headlights when it is your turn to say your part? Perhaps you
Have you ever felt like you are lost in life? Have you ever felt you have no control over what is happening in your world? Perhaps you are not lost at all, perhaps what is happening is you have become so wrapped up in what you think others want you to do that you have
My lady, Terrie Symons, and I are making what has turned into a very deepening journey. Initially we thought it would be an easy trip to Mt. Shasta, up to visit her family in Oregon, then a cruise along the coast home. In setting our intentions each day to open ourselves to the beauty of
I recently had someone tell me I was good at erasing the past from my life. This kind of took me by surprise because in my garage right now are four large bins of photos, memorabilia and collectables from my past. “Erasing the past?” No, I don’t think so, but because this charge stayed with
Everyday, life offers us so many opportunities to get distracted from what is truly important in our lives. The busyness of our work, the demands of supporting our families, those things which come up which affect us emotionally, even our concern about how our bodies look can become part of the whirlwind. Ironically we do
This phrase “dysfunctional family” is one which has stuck in my craw for some time. First it requires a judgment about the validity of someones life. Even if you are in that family, you only see a very narrow range of what is going on. Second, it does not matter how the family is functioning,
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