Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them to. Accept events as they actually happen. That way peace is possible. Epictetus What’s up with that? I would say that I have been very accepting – and I would be wrong. A recent epiphany didn’t feel like aha moment, it felt like […]
Arachnophobia – or not…
September 5, 2016 by 2 Comments
Spiders eat pests. Spiders feed on common indoor pests, such as roaches, earwigs, mosquitoes, flies and clothes moths. If left alone, spiders will consume most of the insects in your home, providing effective home pest control. Bayer Advanced I don’t like spiders. I […]
Expectations and Relationships
July 2, 2016 by 2 Comments
“What are expectations but premeditated disappointments?” Rod Stryker Let’s go back to expectations, shall we? Is it impossible to live without expectation? If we are really living the in present moment…does that mean we have left expectations behind? It’s a puzzle to me. Frequently I obsess about this since a conversation with my son almost […]
Faith and Acceptance
November 21, 2015 by 2 Comments
Dear Nephew, Just hearing the diagnosis has been enough to send all of us who love you bouncing between the bottomless pit of swirling fear and despair and a stunned disbelief. When we settle into reality it doesn’t always feel better. In fact, each medical phone call and office visit can be an assault of […]
Denial, Acceptance, Hope, Faith…What????
June 2, 2015 by 2 Comments
“…denial is not a refusal to see the truth, it is the inability to see the truth.” Unknown The big questions come up when my routine life is rattled by unexpected events: illness, death, and even great blessings. How did I get to this place? What did I do to arrive? What should I be […]
…on Worrying about Your Children
March 23, 2015 by 4 Comments
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. Corrie Ten Boom Dear Parent, Don’t waste your precious moments with your son. Stop a moment and look at him. Treasure him. Be grateful. It’s difficult growing up in a “successful” family. Everywhere one looks one sees certainty, solidity and pretty […]
Expectations – Acceptance – Gratitude
January 22, 2015 by 4 Comments
“What are expectations but premeditated disappointments (resentments)?” (Attributed to many) If you have ever written you will understand the state of my mind when I tried to post on my blog in the last weeks. I have not been devoid of ideas. It’s that I have an idea that I want to write about and […]
Grace by Acceptance
May 28, 2014 by 2 Comments
Stages, by Herman Hesse As every flower fades and as all youth Departs, so life at every stage, So every virtue, so our grasp of truth, Blooms in its day and may not last forever. Since life may summon us at every age Be ready, heart, for parting, new endeavor, Be ready bravely and without […]
I’m All In
October 7, 2013 by 6 Comments
Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow. Brené Brown I spent many years in relationships while having one foot out of the door. Those were the times when I was saying I wanted to be a friend, a lover, a member of a group, and in […]
…on Coming Out
October 11, 2012 by 3 Comments
Today is National Coming Out Day. We celebrate those who have done and support those who have not. This post will be filed as a form letter but is also deeply personal to me. I hope that it may be of help to those of you who have a gay loved one who has or […]
