Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” ~ Anne Lamott Sometimes when I take a step back to assess what I write about I worry that it might seem or even be self-serving. And there may be an initial phase (how long it lasts is… Continue reading on being a lighthouse
"In the domain of the absolute, in the domain of Limitless Love, circumstances are never twice the same. A particular case is never repeated. Every relationship of love between God and a particular man(or woman) is exceptional and unique..." Lev Gillet, The Burning Bush This week marks the end of a very significant year for… Continue reading an anniversary of sorts
When I was a freshman at a small Catholic University, a charming and wise professor, Brother Andrew, instructed us in Literature. As he was calling roll, he would pause on the name of an unresponsive student and say in his droll and unhurried way: "No Mary (or Carol, or Robert) here today?" No response. "Nobody… Continue reading Brother Andrew’s Universe
I'm nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody, too?Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell!They'd banish -- you know!How dreary to be somebody!How public like a frogTo tell one's name the livelong dayTo an admiring bog! ~Emily Dickinson This is one of Emily Dickinson's most well known poems. A bit of irony, perhaps, that a… Continue reading The nobodies and the somebodies
"Happiness is rarely absent; it is that we know not of its presence." ~Maurice Maternlinck I live on the east coast, and we do have a fair number of eastern bluebirds here. Still, it is not often that I have seen them up close. In fact I can count the number of times I have… Continue reading bluebird through my window
When I decided to embark on this year long exploration into Emily Dickinson, I knew that it was not to be an academic exercise. Nor am I trying to uncover all of the hidden meanings of her poetry thus offering a new twist on her life story. No, I just want to let her poetry… Continue reading locked
In an earlier post I wrote about the significance that bluebirds have played in my life during the past several months. As my word for 2019 is DELIBERATE, I decided to try to make bluebird sightings less happenstance by setting up a bluebird house in our yard. It sounds simple, and it is on most… Continue reading Making a home for happiness
No, this post is not the ten steps on how to be a narcissist. Last summer, I was "a little unwell," to quote the old Matchbox 20 song. Looking back, I feel so much compassion for that woman who was letting every emotion and thought, (my own and everyone else's) suck me into a vortex… Continue reading It IS all about me
