I am not on my game this week. Well, actually I am on my game, just a different game, and I didn’t get around to blogging so I’m going to post a question and answer from the book, Back to Being. Q. How do others’ thoughts about us influence our Read more
I am back to maintaining my composure at work after my big blow-up. Clearer minds are prevailing, but now that my mind is clearer, I am really wondering why I am still working there. Are you sick of hearing about this? I know I’m sick of thinking about it. I’m Read more
I am tired. Not the kind of tired that sleep fixes, but like an emotionally spent tired. Something feels broken—or off kilter. I’ve been faithfully holding my tongue for two years, maintaining my composure, being professional, but now I’m not. I’m searching for my equilibrium, but at work, my heart Read more
I pushed myself to leave the apartment the other day to get some fresh air, taking my notebook with me in hopes that I would write something if inspiration struck. I picked up a piece of pizza and a salad, then found a seat in the shade at PPG Plaza Read more
Big Feelings and the Fear of Being Real I remember when I decided to become an author. It was after I read The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher. After I read her book, I just felt “good.” I remember thinking at the time that it really wasn’t a book about Read more
🌀 What Are We Doing Here? As I was finishing up reading Autobiography of a Yogi, I came across this paragraph, which immediately made me go hmmm, questioning my own validity when writing the way I do (channeling). So I decided to throw it out there to the Universe. From Read more
I’m feeling the push-pull between frustration and disappointment that my life isn’t evolving the way I’d hoped—and the pull to keep going in the direction of the pull. Which, as I’m writing this, I realize keeps changing. When I sat down to write this week’s missive, I noticed I’m becoming Read more
Here’s something different… I’m in a good mood. It’s a curious thing, too, because I just got home from being with family in San Francisco yesterday, and today I had to go to work. I went from sweatshirts to sweating. It is really hot here in Pittsburgh and I was Read more
Q. I’m tired, I’m cold. I don’t feel like exercising or walking. I want to sleep. This video I’m watching is making me frustrated. I got nuthin. What does the “U” have? What should I be asking? A. There are no shoulds in Universal speak. You do something or you Read more
Here’s something to think about. Well, it’s something I’m thinking about anyway. First of all, the premise of this missive is that I live alone. I spend a lot of time alone. As I’ve mentioned, I work 3 days a week, but before work I’m alone, when I come home Read more