Don’t Judge a Story by Its Reputation

“As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.” ~ Tracee Ellis Ross “The anarchist painter is not the one who will create anarchist pictures, but the one who will fight with all his individuality against official conventions.” ~Continue reading “Don’t Judge a Story by Its Reputation”

The Answers are Inside You

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” ~ Rumi “We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.” ~ Jane Austen, Mansfield Park Over the last few years I’ve been muchContinue reading “The Answers are Inside You”

Family Connections

“Forgiveness is the final form of love.” ~ Reinhold Niebuhr “Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.” ~ Robert Frost During this visit to family for the holidays, we’ve been able to reconnect with my father’s last living brother. It’s been over twenty years sinceContinue reading “Family Connections”

Christmas Gift

“I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don’t have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else?” ~ Shailene Woodley Here it is Christmas time again. As I get older itContinue reading “Christmas Gift”