“When we don’t know who we are, we act like someone else.” (Tiffany Sankofa) Recap In last week’s blog I mentioned that we humanfolk tend to get caught up in striving for importance. I stated that we are all sacred regardless of our performance. I challenged you to spend one whole day, reminding yourself that […]
Are You Important?
“There are no un-sacred places; There are no un-sacred people. There’s only **sacredness And our inability to understand it.” (Anonymous) ** Not Religious (Please let me start by clarifying that I’m not talking about religion. When I write about “sacredness,” I’m referring to the intrinsic value of each person. Whether one is a Christian, Buddhist, […]
Giving & Overgiving (Thanks, Uncle Shelby)
“Without lines, spaces have no definition.” (Anonymous) The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein arrived on the earth two years before I did. It was a popular book to read to young people as I was growing up. My memory of those readings is dusty and unreliable, but I do remember getting the impression […]
Sandy Thoughts
“In every curving beach, in every grain of sand, there is a story of the Earth.” (Rachel Carson) Stubborn Stuff Ever notice how sand finds ways to carry itself home from the beach with you? You might find yourself puzzling over sand in your dryer lint trap long after you’ve returned from an ocean visit. […]
AIDing and Abetting: Self value
“Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.” (Robert Heinlein) You’re Not Listening! One of the more common wounds we human folk tend to carry into adulthood wraps around not feeling valued or heard. It can leave us believing that we don’t matter. (Spoiler alert: It’s a […]
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