It’s the holiday season, the season for glad tidings and cheer! I bet many people think they don’t want to deal with the proverbial “comfort and joy.” So for all of the Grinches, the naysayers, the Scrooges, and the Negative Nancies, this post is for you. It’s also for the depressed, the depleted, the mildly […]
Category: freedom
Do Your Words Matter?
Humans are complicated, they are layered, like Ogres. Maybe people are ogres. We hungrily devour those who’s words and behaviors are incongruent with our value systems.
Hang in There
Sometimes my faith is enormous like I’m ensconced in a fluffy white cloud, floating above all the misery. Sometimes my faith is small, like me.
As You Seek So Shall You Find
Thoughts, beliefs, words are powerful things. I believe in the ultimate Goodness of God.
Love
Love exorcises the demon of selfishness and replaces it with contentment.
Love is still the answer
Contentment
True contentment comes from letting go of the belief that something is lacking and that if we can fill that lack, then we will be happy.
Life on Life’s Terms
How to do we cope when life tosses a balloon full of oil-based paint into the cogs of our daily groove.
Perfect
When we let go of being perfect, we can become authentic.
Practice
My dad is an amateur musician. He started playing the guitar when he was 14 years old, playing along with the Kingston Trio, learning finger picking from Peter Paul and Mary, taking bluegrass classes from the guy up the street, and quietly swearing through Bach. By the time I came along, he was an accomplished […]
Understanding
When we seek to understand our own motivations and inner wiring without judgment or criticism, then we will have more inner peace.