Joy is our key to resilience. It’s the thing that actually gives us enough courage to face our fear of loss and still allow ourselves to feel gratitude anyway. Without a deep commitment to the vulnerability of joy, we would not have the fortitude to survive sorrow.
“History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, and if faced with courage, Need not be lived again.” -Maya Angelou (The Rock Cries Out to Us Today) Tomorrow is one of my…
Today is Thanksgiving. Another one. Another year and season and time to reflect and be grateful. To be honest, I find myself a little bit antsy, reaching for the stillness as left-over…
Light filters through the windows, spiderwebs glisten in the shimmery softness and stillness. The house is empty and I have yet to get dressed, an afternoon of comfort, of Thanksgiving.…
I have malaria. I sort of knew it was coming, but sometimes I like to pretend I am invincible and that bad things only happen to other people, and not to me.…