I keep running into so much sadness out there. Not just now, but always. Sadness, anger, jealousy, even joy; sticky emotions. Where do they come from? The mind tells you stories…you listen…turn them over…and over. You study them….analyze them. But what do you do with them?? You keep revisiting them. Trying to understand what happened...and you tell yourself…’this is why I am the way I am…this is me’. But… ARE you really??? Or who are you?…Or what are??? What is it that is sad??? ... read more

Its funny…I keep going back and forth with myself and my commitments.
I find myself getting angry when I don’t follow through with things.
and then I just laugh with the realization that this IS all part of the Karmic wheel. And I don’t beat myself up over them. I just shake my head…and sometimes try again, or sometimes see that I’m going to extremes again.

This is a poem I keep at eye level….
‘I need a new mouth to acknowledge that piety will keep us small, imprisoned; that... read more

I've been sorting through tons of old paperwork, reading letters and journals. Just clearing stuff out. Lots of great memories rushing in at me. I'm overwhelved now with the sense to move and travel, but the retched chains hold me tight until next June. Ah well...there is SO much to be done until then. I haven't written anything in my blog in forever, so passing time today at work, I just decided to share some stories about a trip I took about...hmmm...6 years ago?? Another great reason ... read more