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Wisdom in everyday life

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  • I’m talking to myself!

    Following myself from place to place I am unsettled and searching for who knows what. On a lark I am in Paris because if something didn’t happen to change the stagnation I was feeling I was going to explode, and what a mess that would be. Today I read that Marcel Proust wrote that we… Read more

  • Doing “it” anyway

    I have decided in a move to push forward, to restart the engine, make myself do something. One of the things I had promised myself as my life went through this last upheaval was to not do anything until I knew what to do.  As a survivor and born into a family of survivors chaos… Read more

  • Broken and Stuck at a Crossroad

    Could I be more sick of my life than I am right now? I have been at this crossroads for well over two years. Which way do I go? What course shall I follow? Shall I drop out all together and just forget the whole thing? Am I any further down the spiritual information highway… Read more

  • Silence

    I have just returned from a 10 day silent retreat. I live by myself so it is almost funny spending most of my day in silence that I felt the need to deepen the silence. As my birthday approaches, the big 50, I felt a need to really visit with myself. I have gone through… Read more