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No One Ever Fully Gets the Life They Hoped For

I’m exhausted today likely due to my spontaneous consumption of one dark chocolate holiday truffle eaten around midnight as I shut off the TV and headed to bed, which is about my usual time. It was just laying there on the coffee table next to another wrapped light chocolate ball. I’m highly sensitive to caffeine. I drink a huge double cup of morning coffee and generally won’t drink coffee or any caffeinated beverage after about 2 pm as precaution against...

Fa La La La La and Other Sacred Mayhem

I sometimes find myself thinking about what is sacred and what is profane. Whether it is someone’s tears that might be considered as sacred or something else that might be considered in some way as profane…I like to think about sacred spaces between people and small, sacred acts. Christmas is the celebration of the sacred. The word sacred typically means something along these lines, to many people:“Sacred is a word that pertains to things godly to differentiate them from things...

Pear Tree Dream

I feel like writing about dreams today. Dreams…spiritual and natural dreams…and their possible interpretations. This piece may be a little risky…I imagine writing about this may open me up to join the ranks of those in a number of possible positive or negative categories. I guess I’m feeling a little risky today. So, what is new?! When I observe myself sometimes, I recognize that I take a number of (mostly calculated) risks. And of the bigger ones of my life,...

flying house sparrow

Sparrow Songs

I came across this beautiful song Sparrow Alone, and wanted to pass it on, along with some reflections on sparrows. A number of songs, references and at least one hymn have been inspired by the words of Jesus concerning the value of the common sparrow. “Two sparrows sell for a farthing, don’t they? Yet not a single sparrow falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Never be afraid, then—you are...