Deep dive into spiritual practice? Not sure how deep, but yep, let’s go. These two most often come to mind when I think about saints: Ignatius of Loyola, and Francis of Assisi. They’re my two guys. I pray frequently, daily really; sometimes multiple times a day; sometimes constantly it seems. Depends on what’s happening in …
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Lyrics Post: “This Land Is Your Land”
“From my youth to now, many decades later, this song speaks. And through its many renditions, this song speaks to us. To those who will listen. For those who yearn, and believe. Thank You, Woody. “This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island From the redwood …
Let The Noise Go
Let the noise go. Life’s too short to let that noise distract you for long. Let it go, fall away, “like water off a duck’s back,” so the saying goes. It takes a certain strength I think, To let acknowledge whatever “it” is, and feel some of what it offers, and then, THEN, let it …
From the Ashes
Each week ends, burned down, left with ashes. Each weekend burns down too, giving way to a fresh work week, school week. Another opportunity to make it good. Forged in fire, from the ashes, we rise again.
A Dad’s Life, Friday Night
Long week in the rear-view, some challenges, some big news, some fun, all in the wake. This morning’s random breakfast, left-over kid’s dinner plus a cheese stick. A Dad’s Breakfast. Fortified for the day. Twelve hours later, whirlwind workday done, lots of learning — always good — and glad the day, the week is done. …
The Face of a Good Attitude
This is the face of a good attitude. School day. Not thrilled. But she turned it around. A little sassy, but in a good and playful way. Inspired by what’s possible. And thankful.
Lyrics Post: “Lonely Is The Night” Billy Squier
A LONG time ago I heard this song for the first time. The riff, the lyrics, they stay with me still. They haunt me, fortify me, and everything in between. Dig it. “Lonely is the night when you find yourself alone Your demons come to light and your mind is not your own Lonely is …
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When In Doubt? Shakespeare!
As a vegan to drift off this came to mind; from The Muse himself; some six hundred years ago written, two score years I heard it for the first time. “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe …
Rise Above the Blah
Yesterday it was blah; aware of the inertia, the drag, fighting to steady, to focus, to go forward. Mulled down. Then our son had an allergic reaction to something he ate. His stomach was upset; he felt uneven, unsettled. He was anxious, uneasy. He was sick a couple of times, emptying things out. Through all …
Do It Anyway
I’ve thought a lot lately about anxiety, worry, and fear. In fact, it’s been a topic I return again and again to most all of my life. I wonder how to respond, cope, battle, persevere through these feelings; to not let them consume, devour, destroy; instead, to transcend. I’ve lived with these emotions the whole …
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