My sister’s Birthday is today, I think it is her 40th.  I have not seen this sister in about 8 years or so, and I have not spoken to her in close to five years.   It is a weird… Continue reading

  Who decides it is time to change?  Do we?  Is there a master plan and we change according to plan?  Is it something we have to learn, to practice, or does life happen and changes are required?  Required because… Continue reading

There seems to be just two ways to live your life, either pretending or tending.  Tending to the truth of what is, or pretending it doesn’t exits!  Tending or pretending sounds simple, except when the truth is hurtful to you… Continue reading

While quilting this morning I had on Sirius Radio and the two talk shows I was listening to had the topic of lies.  How woman lie more, are taught to lie politely, use lies to survive and how our personal… Continue reading

There seems to be this fallacy of completion, of finishing, of getting to a spot when all is done, when I am perfect, when I am now me, when change is over.   Some how we have it that when… Continue reading

Outlier – noun 1: something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related body. 2: a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the others of the sample.   This is in the… Continue reading

What is the responsibility of Giving?  Is there a responsibility in Giving?  It seems that the giver almost carries more than the receiver. Can an exhausted giver really blame the ones she is giving to?    In the case of… Continue reading

What is the difference between living a life as a Mask or one that is mask-less?  How do you know you are wearing a mask?  How is it that we prefer the mask to our original selves?   Putting on… Continue reading

“My fear was to remove my mask would be to risk insanity.”  This is a line in the book  “Art is the way of Knowing” by Pat B. Allen.   It seems if you have enough consciousness to know you… Continue reading

In the case of addictions and out of control behavior who is in charge of the body?  Is it the mind?  Or is it something deeper than our minds?    For we can say in our minds, I will not… Continue reading