Part 3: Our Great and Terrible World
The Universe gives me exactly what I need, when I need it, and no sooner. I love that saying (which I made up many years ago) because it rings so true. Sort of my version of the "teacher appears when...
Part 2: Our Great and Terrible World
There are days when I dread finding out what's happening in the world. When the news of the day can feel so despairing, I try to remember this: Most people want to be a force for good. Achieving this can be difficult,...
Our Great and Terrible World
I try to take a long walk most days, even when the weather is inhospitable. As it was this week in Iowa, with windchill below zero. Sometimes on my walk, I observe what there is to see--a fruit tree which...
When Your Heart is Breaking…
Last month, I found out that a friend who lives in another state had been battling cancer for a year, and was in hospice. Two days ago, Robin died, leaving behind a devoted husband and a millennial daughter. Grief is...
Love Grove
I am part of a love grove. No, that's not a new type of psychedelic. Nor is it a New Age thing. A love grove is a healthy community, where members are committed to a path of healing and deeply...
Playing the Long Game
It was another first for me. I watched a press conference for the introduction of a new head coach. I've gone into the deep end of sports fan geekdom. My husband says this is how I must feel when he...
The Love Seat
Recently, I thought of the movie, Witness. It came out in 1985, and was about being seen and unseen. Harrison Ford plays a cop who goes undercover in an Amish community to protect a woman and her young son, who happened...
Mom Tried To Tell Me This 25 Years Ago
Several years ago, I was in a personal development course, where I heard something that seemed so outlandish that I dismissed it. What I heard was that one of our purposes for being on Earth was to learn how to...
