The new year is often ripe with expectation. Expectations that we will do something grand and adventurous, lose weight, be promoted, fall in love…and so on. Sometimes we publicly pronounce these expectations as resolutions and other times we keep them private and buried deep within us. For me, it is very rare that one or any of these expectations are Read more…
i had two hours of time to just think on the flight back home from kentucky over the holiday break. thoughts flitted between light and shadow, between peace and tension. i was literally in the space in between and felt caught between two worlds. i can’t possibly have both at once, not if i tried. nothing will replace your childhood Read more…
Not too long ago I was involved in a discussion about what motivates us. General answers were given such as wanting to help others, desires to be a good person, a sense of responsibility. I think all of these are good answers, but as I thought about it, I don’t think one of our primary motivations for doing things were Read more…
When we think of an anniversary we often think of our first date, engagement, marriage, promotion…significant life events that we are encouraged to celebrate and that are celebrated by many. But what about the anniversaries that can best be described as bittersweet? The marking of a day that forever changed your life in a way that you could not possibly Read more…
