Monthly Archives: March 2018

She loathed disloyalty, and there was no greater disloyalty than class betrayal. -JD Vance, from Hillbilly Elegy: a Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis The word hillbilly generally refers to an unsophisticated and oftentimes uneducated person from the Appalachian or sometimes Ozark Mountains. I grew up far from the Ozarks in sunny SanContinue reading “Misery Loves Company”

To end our suffering, we need to enter our pain. Robert Augustus Masters It’s not a popular message. We’d rather hear a message that promises Ten Steps to Ultimate Happiness or The Elixir that Will Solve All Your Problems. But, that’s not reality. Pain is part of our human experience. There is no avoiding it.Continue reading “Showing Up”

    There is certainly another world, but it is in this one. To find it, one must recognize it and proclaim it. Man must seek his future in the present, but not on earth, rather in the sky, within. -Paul Eluard We all have another world, an inner world rich with thoughts and feelings, dreams,Continue reading “Another World”

    When we discover the magic of the world within, we stand in awe of ourselves. With that awe comes peace, satisfaction, and gratitude for our humanity. -Debbie Ford, The Dark Side of Light Chasers For some of us, it’s easy to embrace our positive qualities; for others it’s easier to embrace the negativeContinue reading “The Magic of Wholeness”