Yesterday I learned that a friend of mine died, she had been suffering for many years, gripped in a mad dance of addictions, her abused mind wouldn’t allow a space of peace.   When speaking to her in the past… Continue reading

“The more of our self we own, the less need for enemies to embody our disowned darkness.  Everything is welcomed by the soul.”  Pat B. Allen.   People are carrying the dark parts of us?  Who we call our enemies… Continue reading

In the book “Art is the Way of Knowing” by Pat B. Allen.   She had a dream about a dead baby bird, then went for a walk and came upon a dead baby bird, and remembered being little and… Continue reading

I heard today on Sirius Radio, “The greater the selfishness, the bigger the hurt or wound.  When you are so injured that you can’t see beyond your injuries, it makes you very self-centered.”  It was on the Dr. Robin Smith’s… Continue reading

We are on a teeter-totter, when someone’s up the other is down.  Up and down, down and up!   Is it a fallacy that parents and children can be on the same page, to think alike and move alike and… Continue reading

To be attentive, involved and inspiring without being overbearing, directive and threatening, how to navigate the tender waters of your children’s lives?     Slipping in with a question can cause tidal waves of distress or just stress and confusion,… Continue reading

Our family watched a movie the other night, “The Boy in the Stripped Pajama’s.” About two boys during the war in Germany, one boy lived in the work/death camp and the other’s father was a high-ranking soldier in charge of… Continue reading

Trying is Failing with honor, is a quote that my brother often said, I am unsure of its origin.   What does that mean?  Trying is failing with honor. Are we succeeding at not doing something?   Trying is a… Continue reading

Self worth, what is self worth and how do we decide what makes us valuable?  Is there a scale we step upon and find out if we are worthy or not?  Who decides if we have hit the mark, or… Continue reading

Is it one grand dream and a gazillion views and dialogues about what is actually happening?  Do we each as individuals see it from our own perspective with a story that we have come to know as our lives?   … Continue reading