Searching for Benevolence
I often find myself wondering about the deep nature of reality, and ultimately searching for benevolence, I could even say longing for it. Musing further on the question of good and evil, I sometimes ask myself how and where is goodness, benevolence to be found? Hmmm, what do actually I mean by that? Well, many spiritual...
Connections, Insights, Worry
Worry? I am just back from a wonderful family vacation… multifaceted, rich, sweet, full of warm connections, poignant and funny stories, several profound insights. What a grand and amazing thing it is to be human! How lucky we are for this astounding opportunity! You may have seen some photos on Facebook or gotten some texts about...
Freedom: Friend or Foe?
No limits, or constraints. No strictures or structures, right? To be able to do or be whatever you choose? When I first started writing, “fiend or foe” came out :-). While that really isn’t what I mean, and despite the Freudian typo slip, it is true that I have a perplexing, unclear relationship to...
The Crunch of Criticism, the Promise of Forgiveness
I recently experienced the “crunch of criticism.” (No forgiveness on the horizon!) It happened as I was reflecting with friends (Diamond Approach Inquiry work), exploring areas where our souls — our psyches, our innermost beings — feel “less than”; less than mature, less than whole, less than at ease. In other words, where is my soul...
Discovery: The Vehicle I Drive Makes All the Difference
A few days ago I had a “confrontation” with my husband that led to an exciting discovery. (It was not our first “run in”, and surely not the last, but it was transformative — certainly for me, and also for us… The chance to look at myself from the outside was most illuminating!) What was the discovery?...
