A Disguise for Being Selfish? — Shyness, it’s definition as well as others for the sake of comparison. Shy — 1. bashful, retiring 2. easily frightened away 3. Suspicious, distrustful, or wary. 4. Reluctant Selfish — Devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one’s own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others. Egocentric. …

What Is Faith? Faith according to the Webster and Oxford definitions: * allegiance to duty or a person: loyalty. * belief that is not based on proof. * Belief in God or in the doctrines or teaching of religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. * belief in anything, as a code…

Persist Quiet Persistence, what is it? To persist is to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of actions, especially in spite of opposition. To last or endure tenaciously. I have lived a life of quiet persistence. A revelation that just began to surface. In part, because of the…

Connection/Connect — to join, link or fasten together; unite or bind. To establish communication between; put in communication. To associate mentally or emotionally. To be in harmony with another person, one’s work, etc. During this strange time in our history when being safe and healthy means keeping physical distances, I…

Musings on My Mother’s Passing Waves of intense sadness come over me at the weirdest times. Brushing my teeth. Listening to the words of a song, which mom would have never heard. Hovering over my computer writing about something unrelated, but somehow related. A flash of her sitting in her favorite chair leaning on her…

Through the Art of Eye Contact — I am a staunch believer that eyes are indeed a window to the soul. Windows into who we are. Eyes can say a great deal and do so without words. Because our eyes can be so revealing, is this why making eye contact with those we walk by on the…

Transitions States of liminality. Think of how many transitions you go through in one day, let alone a lifetime of being in your skin. Moving from day to night. Sleep state to awake. Seasonal transitions. Childhood, puberty, adulthood, and elderhood. Emotional transitions such as anger to calm. …

Wanderlust — wandering, navigating, movement, voyaging, rambling. — Blocking Wanderlust with Lists and Goals I have spent too much time making lists and setting goals. But have come to understand that this was my way of organizing and acting as if I controlled “something”. And besides as a tactile person, writing things down made them tangible. Societal norms, marketing strategies, career workshops all encourage…

A Soul A deep conversation. An intense look. Seeing her for the first time as the soul I knew before. I lost her to a world she thought she preferred instead of the one into which she was born. The world where she was loved unconditionally. She left for an abyss that…