Category: Life Reflections

Choices and Limitations

I look at my life now and see twists and turns my journey has taken due to the choices I made along the way. There were times that I thought just to stop and not go further for the present was too painful. Then the road would open, and I could see a better tomorrow a little further up the path.

A Sneetch Society

Do you remember The Sneetches of Dr. Seuss fame? It was written in 1961 and intended to be a satire of discrimination between races and cultures. When I look at the news or read an online paper, it seems we are living as either the "star-bellied Sneetch" or the "ones without stars upon thars." The polarity on any issue or between groups has risen to maddening levels...

Heal the Self = Heal the World

I worked for a podiatrist for several years. Patients would come in with hurting feet and ankles, exclaiming, "When your feet hurt, you hurt all over!" I knew what they meant. Headaches were my nemesis.

Thiel #9

You are sitting on a fence between two worlds, between 2 ways of being. It is as if you have one foot on one fence top and another foot on the other fence top and the fences are getting further and further apart stretching you in two pieces until you must choose one fence top or the other and before you fall into the abyss.

Storytelling

The tradition of storytelling has a long and illustrious history dating back from cavemen drawing on rocks and stone walls to portray news, warnings, or victories over obstacles all the way forward to video blogs and chat rooms on the internet. Everyone has a story.

Awakening: Your Family

When we are children, we frequently accept our family at face value. We don't question why things are done the way they are until we have another household to compare it to. This revelation begins our awakening journey in regards to our clan.