The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn…

Last Words It is the last day of 2014. Last day, last hours, last thoughts, last dreams. What roads open before me? What burdens can I release? What have I learned during this harrowing, difficult, heart-wrenching, expansive, transformative year? I woke up with Nat King Cole’s voice running through my head, singing “Nature Boy.” There … More The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn…

Make Sure Your Faith is Bigger than Your Fear

Have a little faith… The last few weeks/months have been, let’s say, challenging. Work is pretty much a war zone. I visited the doctor seven times in the past four weeks trying to ascertain what was off with me. (Still awaiting test results for the irregular heartbeat and sleep disturbances; although I am relatively certain most … More Make Sure Your Faith is Bigger than Your Fear

Living in a Wild Age

Shot through the heart. This has been a tough month in a tough year. I feel like curling up in a fetal position and wailing like a baby. Difficult, demoralizing events at work. Cancer. Death. My uncle died. My cat, Ed, is dying. I’m acting as a sounding board to both my closest friends while … More Living in a Wild Age