I'm afraid to turn off the lights. I'm scared to turn off the TV, computer, and phone to sit in the dark without shiny objects calling my attention. I'm afraid to close my eyes and enjoy the silence while my own thoughts, pleasant and vicious,...
In the small cemetery, beneath the snow, lies my little brother and my Father's bodies. My brother, taken from heroin ten years ago, lying in a casket next to my Father, who died from brain cancer two years later. Unfortunately, they never received tombstones. Tablets of...
Rebuilding is an earthly, physical, opaque duty that intercedes thro ugh the spiritual transparent duty. The physical builds upon the spiritual. Without the physical, the spiritual will not be built, and without the spiritual the physical cannot be completed. I cannot physically live without the spirit, and...
Suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character creates hope that does not put us to shame. If we realize that the suffering is part of our life, that it’s producing something good in us, then we’ll reform our mindset from shame to hope. If we don’t...
Could there be a deeper love holding our relationships together? The word love is described as an intense feeling of deep affection. You know what love is because in some way you have or are experiencing it. Whether it be the love for a spouse, a...
Last night I experienced something I thought I would never experience. I spent the night in a homeless shelter. I didn’t stay there because I had to, but because I was curious. I was curious about this other world that only some less fortunate have to wander....
// Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. // A quick glimpse to the left this Sunday morning while driving revealed an unimaginable landscape that I would never be able to translate to words. I almost crashed my car as this...
"Sometimes, what seems to be the boring, practical life can end up being the most beautiful." — SG...