A lesson few earthlings have learned is it’s not what you’re looking at, it’s what you see. We do it all the time, we still haven't grasped its totality.
Though I always initially resist when she shows up, despair has taught me so much about silence, about the virtue of moving slowly, about doing tasks for the doing itself, not just for the completion. She has shown me the depth of my courage, but the greatest of all of despair's lessons is the ...
Perhaps I should have listened to you when I lost my father. When childhood was stolen from me. When my innocence was taken without my permission. When my marriage fell apart. These were my secrets I wanted to keep.
Seasonal changes are like a giant toggle switch: I gather energy in spring and summer. By fall, I filter out the debris and prepare to slip into hibernation. I’m getting ready for winter. I aim to seek balance though, as I dip a bit deeper into the long midnight blues. I chose to be quietly ...