Time to Explore the Baggage us Men Carry Around

Time to Explore the Baggage us Men Carry Around

I need to give credit for this BLOG to the website, Voices of the Goddess, and to Claudia-Jean Virga, who appeared there as a guest speaker on a recent VLOG. And as I listened to Claudia share about her life and her roots, particularly about the relationship she had...
There but for the Grace of God go I.

There but for the Grace of God go I.

My attention was drawn to the special section of a recent edition of our Villages Daily Sun newspaper. Its title, The Untold Stories Behind Ian’s Immense Death Toll, nudged at my curiosity, and the title of this blog, a familiar quote, surfaced in my mind, along with...
“Do you really know who you are?”

“Do you really know who you are?”

So often, we learn who we are from what we’re told by others. This is particularly true for all of us when we are very young and are dependent upon our parents, older siblings, and other adults who have a hand in grooming us for adulthood. We typically learn how to...
Is it time to make plans to shut it down?

Is it time to make plans to shut it down?

As I review my efforts to serve others through my writings and my website, I am being nudged into having to ask this question about my website. Is it time to make plans to shut it down?  While I am resisting the idea that I may need to do just that, I also realize all...
Honoring the boundaries of others

Honoring the boundaries of others

The subject for this blog came to me as I was on my way to my spiritual community’s mid-week prayer service earlier this month. I had been listening to a local FM station where the topic was relationships with family members and how many become estranged between...
Am I to speak up or simply listen?

Am I to speak up or simply listen?

This is a quandary most of us face more often than we may wish to let on. I know it is for me. And the question, “Am I to speak up or simply listen?” weighs a bit heavily on my mind and heart these days. The idea for this blog came to me as I was in the midst of a...