The love and concern that we have for our loved ones quite naturally includes a desire to provide for them all the love and security that we can. We don’t want them to suffer and experience pain and confusion, and sometimes we go to great lengths to try to stave off these experiences. …
TAG…YOU’RE IT !
I hope children still play Tag! I feel that it has some far-reaching implications that we can take into adult life and apply if we are creative. Once identified as being “it,” we each have a chance to run around, chasing others, trying to touch or “tag” them, so that they now are “it.” …
SECRET OF THE STARS
Born on December 28th, I entered this world during the Christmas season. Thankfully for that, I have always been able to celebrate Christmas as a season rather than just a day! My birthday presents as a child were usually wrapped in Christmas paper, and many times I received “combo” gifts that marked both Christmas and my birthday. …
NEW PRESENCE
The mark of a new year is a curious phenomenon. Our experience of time is seamless, yet by nature we segment it out as past, present, and future. We complain about not having enough time and trying to “carve out” enough time. …
Shadows of Saints
Death knows no fear;
No haunting to hurt.
It stalks in stealth
And crosses in Life;
Wearing a darkness
That feigns a leaving.
Shadows can see
Only in Bright;
Desire is humbly
Death’s bitter chagrin.
Love finds the Beloved
Rising up in the night!…