Category Archives: Gift of Transformation
Friends
When I was in high school I was not popular in any sense of the word. I didn’t have any friends. I was shy and quiet. I was also an introvert. All of which I still am. I lived in … Continue reading
Chaos Required
Transformation comes out of chaos. Is this true? I’ve been thinking about it lately. I imagine two different scenarios which inform transformation, whether personally (e.g. health, financial, sense of purpose, search for meaning), or in larger social, cultural and political … Continue reading
My Mask
I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks. My son was the first person to let me know what I was suffering from. I never knew that I had it. I just worried about everything and I believed that was normal. … Continue reading
One Thing Changes Another
Each separate being in the universereturns to the common source.Returning to the source is serenity. Tao Te Ching, 16Stephen Mitchel, tr. He lived in the house down the street. I only ever saw him when he passed in a car, … Continue reading
25 of Me
From the many homes I remember these are 25 of me. The house with two toilets in the bathroom my sister and I shared,Transformed my independence with my very own room. Min and Papa’s Victorian house,Revolutionized childhood play with staircase … Continue reading
Life Goes On
I will let you know that life changes in a moment. Sometimes, you have a feeling about the changes. Sometimes, you don’t. Life is like that. It’s very inconsiderate, isn’t it? My family changed when my mother fell. My nephew … Continue reading
Everything Is Always Changing
Balance comes, not from holding onto a situation, but from making friends with heaven and earth. Earth is gravity, or practicality. Heaven is vision or the experience of open space in which you can uplift your posture, your head and … Continue reading