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My Life’s Meaning
For some people not knowing the meaning of life or more specifically the meaning of their life, is very unsettling. We try and escape this essential existential question with distractions and dead-end detours of all sorts (I did/do). The avoidance of death is easy when we’re young, healthy, and maybe even wealthy but the seasons…
Read MoreDeath, Life and Goodbyes
With the passing of my father, the sudden and unexpected death of a past partner and the seasonal evolution from autumn to winter, I’ve been thinking a lot about death. Asking for whom the bell tolls? Though I’ve come to realize it’s not really death I’m thinking about, it’s life and saying goodbye. The number…
Read MoreI’m a Yankee Doodle Boy
During those rare occasions when I was alone at home, I would secretly live out my alter ego as a famous artist. Performing for my introvert-friendly audience, safely residing in my imagination. My family in absentia. I began preparing for my performance by opening the lid on the stereo console when electronics were furniture. Carefully…
Read MoreDeath Comes for Gertrude
We had a dog, an Irish Setter appropriately named Casey. Walking her meant opening the backdoor. Secure in the knowledge she was imprisoned by the grey diamond chain link fence from Sears that caged the perimeter of our backyard. Being careful in winter not to touch it with any moist body parts, as in A Christmas…
Read MoreDad’s Seizure
My heart is now filled with the peace of God. Giving and receiving love seems natural, second nature, and even ordinary. This is how I want to live my life and how God wants me to live my life. Empathy, kindness, and generosity are limitless gifts for both myself and the world. I no longer…
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