Friday Reflections #90: Suicide
What makes us think we have no other way out? How can we talk ourselves into suicide being the only solution to our pain? How can the pain be so intense or for our lives to feel so hopeless, that we think killing ourselves will make it better? Two suicides in my circle in the […]
Friday Reflections 89: Friendships
I am out in New Mexico this weekend with friends, including my older brother. And this morning we are having a conversation about connection and relationships and how important they are. It is especially important to connect in person, without the distraction of phones. To be physically together, to laugh, to hug, and experience the […]
Friday Reflections 88: The Transforming Power of Slow
“Slow down; even if you get through less, you will get more out of it.” Jay Shetty said on the Calm app last week. My marathon coach is telling me to run faster, I must train slower. To handle the increased load on my body, I must sleep more, at least 8.5 hours per night. […]
Friday Reflections #87: Community
What does community mean today? It used to be the town you lived in, the church or local organizations you belonged to. Your neighborhood with its neighborhood stores and restaurants. Your place of work. Your family and friends. And that was all in one geographical location. It was fairly integrated, with people from your work […]
Friday Reflections #86: Glop
This word has come up many times and in many places in the last few weeks. I have lived it as well. What is glop? It is the gooey, liquid mess that is inside a chrysalis. That’s right, it is a thing. It is what the caterpillar dissolves into before it transforms into a butterfly. […]
2024 Friday Reflections #4: Why Life is Better in the 50’s!
Life is better at fifty because I am comfortable in my own skin. I love the life I have instead of striving for something I don’t. I feel completely loved and accepted, and a deep sense of belonging with those I love the most, at a level never experienced before. I have dropped shame and […]
