A Death Not Meant For Us To Know
There is a pain in this life we were not meant to know. A death that we were not designed for. Our process unable to compute the loss...
The Beauty Purchase
The Shadow tries to convince that beauty can be marketed for consumption. We believe this for a while and we make its purchase. Our...
This Day
There is too much beauty in this life to rush so quickly. Too much pain to pretend all is “fine”. To stay awake to the moment, in all of...
Be Of Good Heart
“Is this all there is?” This is the question when life feels stuck and unmoving. Its search must surely be rhetorical because we already...
Crushed
There is a deep beauty that runs through this life. So intrinsically woven even Death cannot remove its brilliant color. The Fool of...
What's In My Journal
Odd things, like a button drawer. Mean things, fishhooks, barbs in your hand. But marbles too. A genius for being agreeable. Junkyard...
Compelled To Confess
I was compelled to confess this week. Not my sin but my affirmation. This confession was not given as if to convince myself, rather it...
God's Absence
I have often been told that when one first turns to God, one is greeted with brilliant 'Yes' answers to prayers. For a long time that...
Do Not Be Afraid To Be Afraid
Too often I try and convince myself that I am not afraid. Why? Well, because I am 35 and should be old enough to have figured things...
What If I Had..."
Reflecting on our past is necessary but dangerous territory. At its best it can point to those elements that make up our true self and...