It recently hit me why I don’t want to tell my high school senior what he should do after high school. My wonderful life has been lots of incidents and accidents that opened my eyes to what I should do next. I stepped through doors that I never knew existed until they appeared. Sometimes […]
I bought a kit to repair a cracked windshield. It didn’t affect my view. Still it was there, nagging me. I asked my son to help. I thought it was important to teach him how to fix broken things . I explained that the glass was not one layer, but 3. 2 layers of glass […]
I slid down from a divine beam. Manifested at last. There was a slippery commotion in the kitchen while Mom lay on the cold, linoleum, floor and I arrived unexpected. Dad said, “It’s a boy!” but then saw it was only the umbilical cord. He tied it off with shoes strings while Mom looked between […]
While at the movies recently, I sat beside a man who was an acquaintance. Before the movie began we made small talk and he began discussing the “deplorable current state of affairs the world is in right now” and especially “the horrible lack of protection for the environment”. He became angry just talking about the […]
I have a son who sings rap. He has a wide smile and a laugh that makes others laugh. He shines and casts shadows. There is angst in his art as it reveals the real and what he has seen in smoky rooms with desperate eyes. Some of his songs make me want to plug my ears. […]
The embraces of a friend is like cool rain on a hot leaf. In suffering and softness, the seed of humility is watered. Comfort is false security, like a life guard at the ocean. Some have drowned under sand on the shore, while the guard watched heads bobbing in the waves. Drama is only drama if […]
On Giving Kahlil Gibran There are those who give little of the much which they have–and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome. And there are those who have little and give it all. These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is […]
Petting go…. This cat walks past the washed, water bowl perched on the patio and laps last night’s rain from the glass table top. He calls at 2am or any other time without refrain. Not callous or demanding just does his own thing. Alert, head jerks. Relaaaaax. Not now. He won’t be tricked by winds. Then […]
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you, they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house […]