I told him that I loved him. Not in an “in love” way but in a way that says I know my heart well and I feel it wanting to learn him, to give and not take, to know if I will love him, to know if he will let me, to know if he …
This week I had something happen, something that felt like a kiss on my forehead from God. A friend reached out to me. She was hurting, she’d made some big mistakes and needed a “safe place” to come and tell the whole sordid mess to. She chose me. I hadn’t seen her or spoken to …
I felt like I “should” be doing something that was more…important; more impressive. Maybe I lacked initiative to really DO something in the world. Maybe I was nothing, could do nothing more important than what I did. Maybe I should be embarrassed. Maybe. But I wasn’t. And sometimes even that bothered me. This is what I …
I wore fear like a muzzle from the time I was a child. I don’t know all the reasons why, really, but I always had a nagging sense of being uninvited. To protect myself, I chose, many times, not to speak. If I didn’t speak, you might not notice me and if you didn’t notice …
They walk IN water puddles, not around them. If there’s a more challenging way to get from one place to another, they take it. When there are noises to be made, they make them with gusto. A song to be sung does not need to be sung the “right” way, but words can be bent …