When I nibbled at the edges, chipped away at pieces, ate just one, a small bite, got away with it…or so it seemed… a pattern emerged, and grew, swelled, blossomed. A disease, a malady with symptoms others didn’t see but […]
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The Fudge of Life
An early recollection is one of looking up and seeing that vast and mysterious mountain and wondering whether I would ever climb that high. But I was presently distracted by my aunt who, as a fourth birthday present, made me […]
Continue reading »The Great Not Me
God is whatever you can hang onto — at least in the beginning. Something greater, something needed, ached for, dreamed of…not expected. This power can be the group, universal good, the power of love, a mighty oak. Names don’t matter… […]
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Everybody around here used to be somebody else. It’s just what happens. We can’t sit in these rooms with half an ear open, with any inclination to wish, with despair at our lives with hopelessness and not catch a taste, […]
Continue reading »Guilt-Riddance
The surprising news for many of us is that every unloving encounter with someone else is an opportunity to deal with guilt. What this means is that we see ourselves in others. Always. ~ Karen Casey “Every unloving encounter.” Cleaned […]
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