Self-Loathing: Feeling It, Healing It!
The experience of Self-loathing is the pits! Well do I know. ‘Self-loathing is that underlying feeling that we are just not good: not good enough, not good at this, not good at that, not good at … . It can be subtle, we may …compare ourselves to others,…find fault with ourselves, put ourselves down, we may...
Living In The Middle
What does it mean to be Living in the Middle? Quite a bit, actually. For some, it’s easy and tempting, these days and at our age (!), to go with the whiny, struggling, negative, ain’t it awful, and gosh, it’s hard… Others choose to take a spiritual bypass, say it’s all just ephemeral anyway, and...
Keeping An Open Heart
Keeping An Open Heart — What could be a more appropriate message for Valentine’s Day than Keeping An Open Heart? But how do we keep an open heart? What does it even mean? I know for sure that it’s a biggie for me. Backing up a little: you probably already know from previous blogs,...
Our Words, Our Thoughts, Are Energy
Among philosophers and physicists is a theory that the fundamental nature of reality is energy. On a more day-to-day level, this would mean that our words, yes, even our thoughts are energy too. When I first read this on the Daily Om, by Madison Taylor, it startled me. Our words, our thoughts, are energy? Even if it’s...
Reading Aloud Together
Some time ago Mike and I started reading aloud together. Our lives and interests, as we’ve aged, had changed significantly and sufficiently that it seemed wise to see what new ways we could find to connect, to share time and space. Reading aloud together has become one of the new activities we share, and it...
