Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ~ Carl Jung For the past two months I’ve been battling kidney stones. Ugh. It has felt very much like living in the presence of constant shadow. There’s been no time in the past 50 years when I’ve been so sedentary. I’ve had nothing to distract me and have … Continue reading My Inscrutable Shadow
My husband and I recently saw a wonderful play called Everybody which was uplifting, hilarious, and joyful. It was also about death. That seems like an oxymoron, but the central message is that everybody dies and you have to take that journey alone. The only thing you can take with you is love. Furthermore, you can joyfully dance to your death. As great as the … Continue reading Everybody (by Eileen)
“The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.” ~ E. L. Bulwer In hindsight, I think most of us would agree that teachers are among the most important people we’ll ever encounter. They are uniquely positioned to BE THERE when we most need someone to — BE THERE. When I recently read … Continue reading Thank You, Mr. Miller
As I watched the January 6 hearings and thought about the upcoming midterm elections this observation from George Washington chillingly came to mind. “Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” His thought on power didn’t come out of nowhere; rather, it described how he experienced the interplay of politics and … Continue reading The Power in Walking Away
A while back I introduced you to the poetry of my niece who writes under the pen name, Otissus. She possess the gift found in so many good poets of being able to render into verse her deepest life experiences. Here she shares a poem on vocation, followed by a prose reflection. In her words, “Perhaps we could call it, a Metapoetic? The goal is … Continue reading Vocation (by Otissus)