What does it take to live well, to live a life that feels peaceful, satisfying, purposeful and connected? Does it have to do with what material possessions or accomplishments we’ve managed to accumulate? Does it have to do with feeling safe and secure, comfortable, free from oppression and fear?
There have been times in my life [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Living Well
Posted in Morning Pages on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Inner Space
Posted in Photographs on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I seek solitude and stillness, for it is there that I encounter my soul.
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‘Tis the season to be nutty!
Posted in Morning Pages on November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Ah, Christmas is upon us again. In fact, it was thrust upon us barely seconds after retailers finished putting away their Halloween paraphenelia. The orange and black colors were quickly replaced by red and green as we tasted the crispness of the first November morning. Starbucks starts playing Christmas carols around this time, and each [...]
Act Two?
Posted in Morning Pages on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I attended a lecture some years ago in which the speaker talked about the psychological tasks in the second half of life. Afterwards, a young man in the audience asked if, despite his age, he could somehow be considered to be in that “second half” as he was quite tired of the “ego-building tasks” of [...]
Beauty
Posted in Photographs on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is beauty everywhere, even in the shadows. When life is soul-wrenching, and the darkness threatens to sweep over us, seek beauty in the most unlikely places.
Beauty is love, and love heals.
Crafting a Life
Posted in Morning Pages on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Crafting a life has to do with creativity. It means to make, to build, or construct a life with great care and ingenuity. In order to do that, we need the right artistic vision, the right tools, and the right plan. I am not talking about “right” as in perfect, or moral, or superior. Rather, [...]
Moments
Posted in Photographs on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We are no more the the collective moments of our lives, spun together by the threads of our ideas, our love, our wisdom, and our pain. What a marvellous and glorious tapestry, breathtaking in scope and depth. We are such stuff as our moments are made of…
Dark Night
Posted in Photographs on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The dark night is animated with life and activity, even as most of us sleep and dream it away. If we reconcile with the dark night of our souls, would we also discover light and movement where we thought were ghostly shadows of our haunted past? What we avoid lingers on in the shadows ,while what [...]
Dream
Posted in Photographs on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I dream of you
dreaming of me.
Longing for a touch,
beyond eternity.
Imagine me
imagining you.
In shadows of night,
in shades of blue.
Dancing into Fifty
Posted in Morning Pages on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, here I am just about to admit to the world my age. It’s been two years and some past that big Five-O, that ominous number, that bearer of bad news about the prognosis for my body and my mind. I figured it’s time I made peace with myself, and I have done some serious [...]
