Words Matter
Did you ever hear this or tell it to one of your kids or hear this from one of your parents? Sticks and stones may break my bones but...
Stress and COVID-19
One of the biggest struggles with solitude is that it forces you to deal with your issues. In solitude there are no distractions, only...
Turning Isolation into Intentional Time
The nature of my work as a social worker led me to be exposed to people who had the COVID19 virus. At the time, I did not know the person...
Translation vs Transformation
I was recently reading some essays by Ken Wilber, a philosopher and psychologist. He posits that all religions have two major functions:...
Ripples of Our Life
“Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.” -...
Stories We Tell Ourselves
The stories we tell ourselves create the world we see, our place in it, and the meaning we get from life. Some stories are better than...
Remember, Remember for its Almost November
“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” - Cicero Across the Catholic world there are three consecutive days of...
The Way Back: Healing Solitude
The next morning we were up with the sun and down back down the trial. We made coffee and snacked on breakfast food as we spread out our...
The Way Back: Under the Milky Way
My fears were groundless. The boys were great! They not only listened to my Classic Rock ... they rocked out to it while extolling the...
Facing The Inner-Struggle
“It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and...
