Category: Wounds

On Negative Ego

An elder­ly man I once knew — and now prob­a­bly long dead — used to com­plain bit­ter­ly about all the peo­ple with neg­a­tive ego. I nev­er real­ly under­stood what he meant by the term, as it seemed to derive from some of the eso­teric and cultish lit­er­a­ture he fre­quent­ly read. It felt far afield of… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Neg­a­tive Ego

The Loneliness of Children

I am fas­ci­nat­ed by the ways in which peo­ple can offer each oth­er sup­port. I include in sup­port expres­sions of care and reas­sur­ance, deep lis­ten­ing and val­i­dat­ing anoth­er’s sub­jec­tive expe­ri­ence, but I also include hard-to-hear feed­back, mean­ing­ful but chal­leng­ing ques­tions, and even silence — if that silence con­veys con­fi­dence in the oth­er per­son­’s capac­i­ty to… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Lone­li­ness of Children

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Memorial Day Prayer

Until the human race fig­ures out how to stand up beyond war, some will go for the rest of us, stand­ing up for us as best they can and then lying down in peace upon the hill. Let the mem­o­ries of so many souls, so good and true,  be deeply hon­ored and remind us of how short the time… Con­tin­ue read­ing Memo­r­i­al Day Prayer