Commitment vs. Obligation

I am going through an exercise for the next 30 days to help free up my negative energy.

Even as I am committed to serving others, and I spend many hours cooking and driving and listening for people who need my support, I sometimes feel this work weakens me, and I need to understand and avoid that dynamic.… Read the rest

How We Handle Ourselves Matters

In the past, even as recently as five years ago, when things when wrong, I sometimes fell apart.

A rainstorm when sunny skies were predicted, a recipe that turned out wrong, a person who took offense when none was intended, or a dead battery might trigger stress that lead to more problems.… Read the rest

Why So Much Violence In Our Community?

I was speaking with a good friend of mine today who leaves near the family whose teenage son recently murdered his ex-girlfriend, in a lovely and upper class Metrowest suburb.

A very sad story, an avoidable tragedy, with many victims, aside from the lovely and talented woman who lost her life simply because she was wonderful.… Read the rest