Another tribute to Todd … (06/17/2021)

We (humanity) will WIN … (06/17/17)

I happen to have been born a straight male, and yet I don’t have to be gay or bi or trans to stand with my LGBTQ+ brothers & sisters in their struggle for justice & equality … In point of fact, I don’t have to be anything to stand up for what is Right and […]

Loving life’s “black dots” … (06/17/12)

And then there are those days when life seems “broken” — those mornings when we simply wake up “on the wrong side of the bed” … These are the days when it seems like nothing we do makes any difference — when we are sure that no one is listening and even fewer really Care; […]

Love is indestructible … (06/17/11)

“As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of Love with words.” ~ William Shakespeare

To be like Omer … (06/16/2018)

How to remember Who … (06.16.2023)

on Helping others … (06/15/09)

Oftentimes, the only way we can truly help another person is to simply to let them go; to accept that the path they have currently chosen is the necessary one for their lives at that point in time.  And this is often especially true in those times when we most wish for them to follow […]

The Power of real GIVING … (06/15/2018)

letting the Fortress fall … (06/15/12)

“The fortress that I’ve painstakingly constructed all these years is fundamentally ruptured … Love is beaming through the cracks. And my Love for everything around me [is beaming right back].” ~ Heather Peroni We’ve been building fortresses against pain & disappointment all our lives. We’ve been surrounding ourselves with material comforts & “our kind of […]

Becoming the Light … (06/15/15)

Shadow is sorrow & want … The Light is Joy & Gratitude (the verb). Shadow is supporting cruelty … The Light is living Compassion. Shadow is condemnation … The Light is Forgiveness. Shadow is intolerance … The Light is Kindness. Shadow is hatred … The Light is Empathy. Shadow is fear … The Light is […]

Love must be re-made … (06/15/11)

“Love doesn’t sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all of the time, made new.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin