Monthly Archives: October 2017

  Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature, if that word can be used in reference to man, who has ‘invented’ himself by saying ‘no’ to nature, consists in his longing to realizeContinue reading “Solitude”

Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep…” John Milton, from “Paradise Lost”   Milton’s severe pronouncement, written at the end of the 17th century, would seem at first glance disheartening. But, upon reflection, I think that Milton, rather than seeing our inability to reconcile as fault of anotherContinue reading “True Reconcilement”

  I decided that the single most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed. -Anne Lamott   I’ve noticed something lately…I am losing the ability to care about pleasing others to the detriment of myself. Over the years, as a daughter, friend, mother and wife,Continue reading “The Necessary Revolution”