I just ran across this text I produced about a year ago on a trip through Europe and found it interesting. No real life lessons, more just allowing one to be a fly on the wall as I wander. Hello all, Sitting here in Vienna on a Sunday morning, a week before Easter. So far […]
I only know how to be me and I even suck at that at times. I can’t be you, I don’t know your struggles or beliefs or experiences. I would mess it up. I don’t even know how to be my wife of nearly thirty years. I have no clue how to be my
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The title of this piece is attributed to Marianne Williamson. Ever since I read this quote on a website several years ago it has haunted me. I know it is true for me. I know that it is largely what has kept me in a near constant state of fear unable to take risks for
From years of hiking I know that I can survive two of the following three threats simultaneously: cold, wind, and rain. But, I cannot withstand all three. Out on the trail it could be deadly. Two at a time is a real challenge, but one should be able to survive. So is it with pain
Do dogs need purpose? I feel pretty confident that dogs are better than humans, and to the best of my knowledge they do not wake up in the morning and challenge themselves to actualize their purpose. Can I learn from dogs? Can I not? Am I holding myself in a perpetual prison by forcing purpose
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I am trying today, and if possible everyday for the rest of my life, to be more present. I am trying to notice myself, notice my feelings and thoughts. I am trying to be more aware and less reactive. I am trying to observe myself as if from a third person perspective. I am trying
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I am currently dealing with a chronic back problem that is flaring up as a significant acute roadblock to mobility. Just trying to pick up a bag of groceries this morning has derailed my day and maybe my week. I have friends who have lost limbs and others that are essentially having to learn to
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Who and what are we? We are definitely not just our body or our mind or our soul or experiences, fears, beliefs, and not even our scars. But we definitely are all those things. We are dynamic and growing and dying all the time, even as you read this. But the scars, the scars can
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It is a cold otherwise impersonal dark autumn morning in Seattle as I sit here held in Love by 1971 David Bowie. Why did I not more fully explore the depth of your catalog until after you died; 26 studio albums, were you mortal? Life on Mars is currently holding me tight. Its beauty allows
I simply had to stop what I was working on. I needed to write. Sometimes it is so obvious that the universe is trying to teach me something. Teach me something that I desperately need to know or relearn. The path is built as we walk on it either with our eyes open or closed.
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