I never truly understood the gift of gratitude until I humbled my ego and opened my heart to the Love of God. Never appreciating all that I had been given and every wonder that surrounded me. It never seemed to be enough. How did I like it? More, more, more. Always more. Whatever stuff I […]
Category Archives: Weekly Reflections
03
Jan
Jan
Using the finiteness of language to describe the Infinite seems audacious, naïve, even ludicrous. Nonetheless, as a writer it’s my primary tool to describe God. That and my actions. Musicians, visual artists, sages and teachers or any person anywhere might use other mediums or methods to describe God, but for me it’s in the Word. […]
20
Dec
Dec
When I was a child, before adult responsibilities, I was told I was invaluable. There was no amount of money in the world that could ever replace me. A sentiment shared by the adults who surrounded my young life, a spoken sincerity shared by loving parents. With adult responsibilities came the realization that while this […]
07
Dec
Dec
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 […]
18
Nov
Nov
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 […]