My friend Dasephix shared this quote with me recently. I found it an absolutely stunning description of how I feel most of the time, particularly the part: the realization “that the self one has sewn together with such effort is all dirty rags, is unusable, is gone: and out of what raw material will one […]
The Paradox of Courage
I’m trying to work with a new form in my next novel, and yes, it’s causing severe bouts of doubt. Can I pull it off? Will it be a huge flop? With a possibility of failing, though, I’m hoping there will be the same possibility of success. The whole process requires a regular dose of […]
The End of the World
Are we so blind that we cannot see the end of the world occurring right now? I don’t mean the apocalyptic end of the world some are predicting. I mean the day-in-day-out abuse and intolerance and cruelty that pervades everything we do (including where we buy, what we buy, how we relate to others, when we […]
Our Children Are Raising Us
In the evenings, I’ve been enjoying Shefali Tsabary’s wonderful book The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children. If you’re ready to dig deep when it comes to parenting, this is the book for you. If you’ve read Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now, you’ll have a head start. Tsabary does a lovely job […]
Promoting Trust
More from The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Shefali Tsabary. [Post image: Liliana at fair, July 2011]