I, like many other human beings, get a great deal of direction for my life out of a book, one important book. In that book I have learned about living a principled life, the necessity of serving others and that so much of my suffering has been and still is self-induced. I think I would …
“I Thought I’d Get One More Spring…”
Spring wasn’t spring this year. It wasn’t about new life – it was about watching my mother die. It was about helping my mom to fight, literally to the death. On the last Saturday of February, she wasn’t up for going out to dinner with us. By March 4 she was in the hospital for …
Honesty
“You know what I call someone who doesn’t tell me the whole truth?” I leaned in, as if my friend, Laura, was about to share the secret to maneuvering the world! She continued: “A LIAR!”
teaching finding joy
I think the most terrifying thing for a teacher must be the moment between giving everything they have to give and the student’s realization or incorporation of the new information or understanding. I have been a student of spiritual principles and practices for nearly 4 decades, at this writing. Throughout there have been moments of …
Fire and Ice
Oh My God – I’m so angry. Oh My God – I’m so hurt. Oh My God – I’m so afraid. I am so certain. I am so right. I am so passionate. I am so hate-filled. Oh My God – I am so wrong.
Quarantine – Chill
I’ve learned that change is not painful – resistance to change is painful. So, in fact, this pain is self-inflicted. Ain’t that a bitch?!
A Different Kind of Merry-Go-Round
In Oprah’s voice…If you’re a fatty and you know it, pay me now! The day it was announced that Oprah had purchased Weight Watchers (or as it’s now known, the ever trendy “WW”) I had a tantrum. She knows it doesn’t work…she knows the diet mentality is more harmful than helpful…she knows because she has …
Spiritual Sandpaper
And all those other days, Charlie Brown, we will fight or celebrate or mourn or laugh or despair or hope – but we will live. Spiritual sandpaper is a term I learned from a woman named Linda (not changing the name to protect the innocent – ’cause there aren’t any, in this case). There are …
Life In My Body Today
I have been a member of a self-help program for compulsive eaters/sugar addicts for more than 6 years. I have achieved weight goals, been an active and useful member and have actively helped others in the program who wanted my support. For the last year, I have been working with a nutritionist and therapist – …
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