Stop! Drop Your Shoulders. Smile.

Stop! Drop Your Shoulders. Smile.

Walking along the road by the bay I felt my shoulders up around my ears. I was reminded of the story about a team of pack animals struggling their way up a mountainside. The last pony in line was wearing a saddle but the horse just ahead of him was burdened with boxes...
Story Prompt Friday: Allies And Enemies In Your Life.

Story Prompt Friday: Allies And Enemies In Your Life.

All the allies and enemies in your life story are there because you invited them. Now what? You didn’t get where you are all by your lonesome self, as my mom used to say. There are allies and enemies all along the way. Each and every one – in some way –...
Why Were You Not Your True Vocation?

Why Were You Not Your True Vocation?

Vocation: your deep gladness meets world’s deep need. Are you there? What a long time it can take to find out who you’ve always been, that deep identity, that true self who came here with a true vocation. Frederick Buechner says of vocation: “It’s the...
If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?

If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?

What is happiness? And do you notice it? What is happiness? In the closing pages of his short book of musings, A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut offered me an unexpected image of happiness I carry with me to this very day: Here’s Vonnegut: “But I had a good...