Whenever I feel like my life does not measure up (whatever that means), or that I need to somehow "do more" (whatever that means), I find myself leaning into this little poem, and feeling better: "And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To […]
Here is a little poem for any of my friends who struggle sometimes just to keep going ... You are not alone. The thing isto love life, to love it evenwhen you have no stomach for it,and everything you've held dearcrumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it…Then you […]
TS Eliot said, "Poetry may make us ... a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves."
It is the time of year when all kinds of bins and boxes and organizational supplies are for sale. They are meant to help those of us who have way too much stuff BELIEVE that with just the right equipment, we can really, finally, get organized. Here’s the dirty truth: If you have too much […]
“A test: try living the life of a good person and see how it suits you. Be the one happy with her fate, rejoicing in his acts of justice, and bent on deeds of kindness.” (Marcus Aurelius, 121 – 180)
