A killing in Minneapolis, seizing a foreign leader (though they are not a good person) and reserving the right to use force to acquire Greenland. This invites my ego to rage. It’s justified and I’m angry. Jesus told us to love our neighbor and our enemies and he never said “except if”. As a person…
See something beautiful. If it doesn’t smack you in the face, look at something unremarkable and see the beauty. Tell someone you care. Look closely at them and yourself and mean it. Enjoy something a friend or partner likes. Enjoy their joy.
My notion of creation and creator had changed. Creator is manifested by what I experience in the universe. Creation is ongoing – the universe continues to be created and my soul is newly created daily/hourly. Through the years I’d acquired ideas and behaviors that stunted my growth. Thanks to the troubles I caused for myself,…
Ground hogs We have a pair of Groundhogs (aka Whistle Pigs) that feed in our back yard. They visit usually after a period of rain when the clover blooms. I hadn’t thought much about them. I liked watching them. The smaller one seems to be a new comer. The Larger one has been around for…
I have a photo on the desktop of my computer I took and like very much. The image was taken at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Japanese garden in Saint Louis. There’s an arched bridge in the background and a small lake in the foreground. There are reflections in the water. A mild breeze was blowing…
I’m older now but thankfully my skin suit is still aging. I try to not make my decaying body a big issue. My joints are arthritic, my balance is wobbly and my digestion iffy. I use handrails and mild pain killers(nsaids) for my joints and, sporadically, good judgement in diet. Acceptance also helps. My spirit…
As a child I was endowed by creator with resources that I didn’t understand or know the source of. I learned to use my resources but not how to replenish them. I became depleted and existed on the resources from outside myself from parents, teachers, bosses, preachers, and governments. This didn’t fill me; I still…
What will this world bring? What will I make of the coming year? I think the first question is one a victim would ask. It’s saying “I hope not too much crap happens, making my life hell. I feel unsafe in a violent chaotic world. The question “What will I make of the coming year?”…
Each day I run into my fears. Some are so small I don’t really notice them. But down the road the accumulated damage from these little fears, unnamed, unclaimed and unnoticed, emerge as pain in my soul. The pain is the fear and I’ve learned to sooth it with the love of others, myself and…
