Human Will Dethroned (Quote by Paul Stark Seeley)
The human self must be lost in love, the human will dethroned…
life lessons
Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon (Book Review with Quotes)
Can we all be as secure, vibrant, and seizing of our days?
How Long Did it Take You? (Quote by Dosia McKay)
It’s never about the length of time but about the depth and meaning of the experience.
More Love (Poem by Joan Wolcott)
Let it wash over me and through me and just totally cleanse me and refresh and renew me…
Ephemeral Eurekas (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Are you waiting around for a flash of lightning, a bolt of brilliant inspiration?
Live Larger (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Live Larger Are you thinking of self? Are you gazing at your navel, and wondering why you are so uninspired? Is your existence narrowing, becoming tight-fisted and defensive? Are your parameters closing in? Are you marinating in a stupor of petty purposes, limiting beliefs, and downward spiraling thoughts? Then set down your tweezers, and start … Read more
Ask the Best Questions and then Live Them
I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves…
Don’t Prioritize Your Looks (Poem by Donna Ashworth)
Don’t prioritize your looks my friend, as they won’t last the journey.
Small Talk is Too Small (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Are you fully alive with overflowing gratitude and love?
The Bible as a Verb (Listen to Me be Interviewed on the Podcast)
You can listen in and hear some of what the Bible says we should be doing.
My New Year’s Resolution for 2024: Use What You Have
A Firm Foundation (pastel) by Polly Castor I have so much! And I find having a yearly theme a helpful focus, not as a hard, self flagellation reformation tool, but as a gentle, purposeful guide toward intended progress, with plenty of forgiveness and compassion thrown in. Besides, I know it is especially powerful to write … Read more
Be Ruthless About What You Ignore (James Clear Quote)
You can only deeply commit to a few things. One or two? Maybe three?
The Soul Dwells Where Beauty Lives (John O’Donohue Quote)
All holiness is about learning to hear the voice of your own soul.
Live Under Divine Authority (Deep Think #23)
When you can answer these questions like Jesus could, you can do as he did, living under divine authority, and quickly healing in a direct few words whatever is unlike God.
What to Say and Do About the Israel/Hamas War
We need to empathize with the innocent on both sides, tell them so, and earnestly pray without ceasing for harmony to reign.