Advanced humility

The word ‘humble’ keeps coming up in my Morning Pages. Sometimes it feels virtuous. Other times it pisses me off because I feel it’s born of having events forced upon me that show me I’m not in control. As in, I am so humbled by my knee injury...

Bubbles and clouds

Kevin has been gone for more than a month and I’m still not ready to use past tense. I know what will happen. A month, two months, three and before I know it … a year. Maybe then I can say, “He loved to talk about spirituality.” But right now,...

Stuck in story

After attending Oprah’s Lifeclass with Tony Robbins at Radio City Music Hall on Monday night, I was particularly struck by a running theme that had begun the week before with Iyanla Vanzant — story.  What’s the story you keep telling yourself is...

A poetic awakening

Back in my college days when I was discovering non-traditional viewpoints on so many levels, I was transfixed by a poem by Marge Piercy. Up until that point, my exposure to poetry and my love for it had been limited to verse that was melodic or nature-based or...

With utmost care

Being in the middle of all kinds of life situations that make me think and think some more the last six weeks or so, it felt kind of divine to do a pair of interviews for a column about care giving. Nurse Next Door co-Founder John DeHart and franchise partner Carol...