You’ve probably heard that if you dream you’re falling and don’t wake up before you hit bottom, you will die. You may also have heard that life is but a dream. A few years back I found myself free-falling into an abyss. I suppose I haven’t hit bottom yet. I’m still here.

Two eight year old boys were chasing each other around the playground. They came around the slide and ran into a four year old boy, knocking him down. The boys stopped, said “sorry,” and continued their play. A visibly muscled man of about thirty picked the boy up, brushed the mulch off him and said,…

Children growing up in a healthy environment often hear words of encouragement. You can do it. I have faith in you. You can be anything you want in life. Your only limits are those you place upon yourself. At what age does the encouragement cease? Do as you’re told. You’re not paid to think. Shut…

Working for a living gets in the way of living my life.

I used to tell people that the meaning of life is life.  My understanding of that statement has changed, or rather evolved, over the years.  In the beginning it meant that life had its own purpose, that it wasn’t something we were supposed to figure out.  Later it suggested that we create meaning out of…

It feels as if I’m struggling to accomplish two divergent goals simultaneously.  There is a strong pull towards the spiritual life, a desire to awaken into the heart of truth.  Then I worry that attaining this state of being will overpower my desire to write. Then I read these words in a book by Natalie…

I was devoted to a girl in high school.  I adored her.  She had a lot of boyfriends, I wasn’t one of them.  Whenever one of her boyfriends mistreated her she’d come to me for comfort.  I asked her out often.  One day during our final year of high school she said, “yes.”  There was…