Do we reward ourselves? Do we punish ourselves? Or are we paralyzed? Is it to buy love, or to protect ourselves from no love, or do we not love others, for fear that they will need something from us. How do we march forward in life with our own private bag of hurts.
First of […]
Negotiation is easy, but you have to have a grown-up across from you. Babies can’t do it, and dictators can’t do it, and in this world, catch-as-catch-can, you never know what you are getting on the other side of the table–malheureusement. So know that you have a right to speak your peace, say your […]
Wonderful women are joining the male ranks of leaders in this patriarchal world of America. That statement should arouse everyone in America, but at least I have your attention now. Yes America is still ruled generally by men, we are catching up, but until we have a woman in the White House and a […]
…So across my computer comes a video clip with Jane Fonda speaking of her own journey—
“It’s important for human beings to fail in every aspect of their life, because it’s the only way to learn. If all you do is succeed it is hard to learn (life’s lessons). (God) doesn’t come into us through […]
“One’s own childhood suffering remains affectively inaccessible and thus forms the hidden source of new and sometimes very subtle humiliation for the next generation.”
When children grow up without a conscious awareness of their helplessness and their unconscious rage at adults for their ignorance of the pain of childhood, they will, in turn, project that […]
“But it is not only at these outward forms that we must look to find the evidence of a nation’s hurt. We must look as well at the heart of guilt that beats in each of us, for there the cause lies. We must look, and with our own eyes see, the central core […]
Today I learned of the tragic first love of Meryl Streep and I knew it was her Sacred Wound. With all she accomplish in life, she could not save her boyfriend from cancer. I grieve for her and him and realize these are the costs of love, life, accomplishment, and the great depth of […]
Everyone has someplace, somewhere where the Garden lived, where our word was law, where love was effortless or possible. We were celestial beings in search of our adventure. Where was it? Why, it’s right around the corner.
And then there is the betrayal from us, to us, at us, and we knew pain, rejection and […]
My favorite metaphor is the Fool in the tarot. How embarrassing to be called a fool. But who is a fool? Is he not that marvelous open, unafraid, loving being, who blesses all and loves all, and is willing to take chances, to explore to not be cowed by life’s “problems”. Would we not […]
Have you ever had that little small voice inside of you warn you not to do. Something. Not to go out with someone. Not to marry someone and you ignored that voice. You thought what could it hurt and then you found out what could hurt. It might take you years to recover from […]
