Walking through the Schoodic Bog, one is reminded that our beautiful world is marred by nature’s disruptive and destructive whims. Similarly, the wonders and joys of our journeys are pockmarked with imperfections, disasters, and failures. Personal brokenness is universal. Much of what arises from our human nature and earthly plight is not pleasant. We dealContinue reading “Marred and Scarred but Beautiful!”
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Illusions
Have you ever reached a long pursued goal, one which you imagined and idealized and in which you invested time, energy, and dreams? Maybe it was a career move, a promotion, a relationship, an academic degree, some accolade, social status, or wealth? However, the achievement did not meet expectations nor its anticipated happiness! Emptiness, disappointment,Continue reading “Illusions”
Pleasures Now and Forever?
The Catch, the Joy of Lobstering, Sullivan, Maine We were created as sensual beings with the capability and expectation that we should know the pleasures of our world. Experiencing pleasure comes in varied ways and forms: tastes, colors, styles, textures, books, art, recreation, music, ideas, and relationships. We have preferences but also enjoy others’ achievementsContinue reading “Pleasures Now and Forever?”
Dawn’s Renewal….
As earth and our personal coordinates slowly turn toward the rising, warming sun, each dawn’s light brings a sense of change and hope- a new day, a new year, or a new era. Visions, understandings, and directions change as different ideas, realizations, and expanded possibilities develop. Yet, there is something reassuringly constant, something “primal” underlyingContinue reading “Dawn’s Renewal….”
How Many “Glad” Days are there in a Year?
“Glads” make us glad! Flowers, apart from being gifts of appreciation, tokens of love, and friendly gestures, have a beauty which can and may buoy us up. In one of his “Peanuts” cartoons, Charles Shultz has Charlie Brown hugging Snoopy and questioning, “What if today, we were just grateful for everything? Such an attitude ofContinue reading “How Many “Glad” Days are there in a Year?”
Sweet Words from Maine 