The Joy of Choicelessness When we are making choices, and isn't that all the time? , it not only provides a way of steering us through life, it also can become the life we cannot steer through well enough. And so we suffer. In good traffic, I can change lanes if I...
Went rocking climbing today. Well, more like rock walking, but my heart rate was up. There was some fear, but also exhilaration, and that got me thinking. What if fear is an addiction. What if its the most over looked substance abuse we have. and of course all addictions are very hard to give...
Some time back, my world was turned upside down. There were some people who made my life hell, not out of malice mind you, never the less the fear was crippling. I couldn't think straight, as they say. What this means is my ability to understand what was being said, or words on a...
Yesterday, my laptop crashed. It had an infection, poor thing, and nothing I could do including all the best in “Fix it” software worked. So I had to wipe the hard drive clean and start from scratch. Because the thing was crippled, I couldn’t save my most recent work either, but luckily there was...
A better way to decide! Many years ago, I had a very tough and confusing decision to make. I was going through the possible end of my first marriage, and didn’t know if I should stay or go. I made balance sheets of the plus reasons to stay and the reasons to leave, and...
Now here’s a funny thing! Here I am, one moment feeling all good and chirpy, and in the next, I’m in the armpit of despair. This keeps on happening, not the armpit, the despair. Even though I see myself as being a ”know it all” about the ups and downs of life and even having...
A bit of pesto on bread, leaves me wanting more. Keeping my desire going. I feel the same way about good tasting bread. I can never get enough. And there we have the recipe for desire. Just not quite enough of what we want, and we continue to want more. French cooking works on...
