I was recently at a water park…one of those fun ones with water spurting out of all sorts of places, hoses to spray, slides to slurp down on, and a lazy river to float on. There was a large bucket at the top of one of the roofs of the play structure and I would …
Look Deeper for Understanding
I work with a lot of wonderful people-people I admire and learn from. People who teach me about themselves and about life, and as I tell them about what they have taught me, they also learn. Often people come to me asking with curiosity-actually, by the time they are talking to me about it, is …
Naming the Elephants
Funny how a person can be thinking of an idea, and then several cool things happen very soon after that enrich and expand the thinking, y’know? I was visiting with some friends lately…and some pretty huge stuff has happened in both of our lives-the same tragic events-we were both devastated by the same experiences. I’m …
Double Binds
D’ya ever notice how, in the Canadian political system, the “loyal opposition” is loyally opposed to everything? I realize it is their job to challenge what the party in power is doing and keep them on their toes…but this morning on the way to work, I listened to an interview about how the government is …
Celebrating–a time to recapture hope
Gotta hand it to those Americans…they sure know how to throw a party during the Inauguration. I watched some of the highlights on the news and on you-tube–the closing song on Sunday’s concert led by Beyonce choked me up a little and I’m not even American. But what teared me up was that if I …
A Gentle Kindness
I was picking up some supper today at The Greek Market on Corydon. Once I had my yummy lemon potatoes, veggies and phyllo wrapped delights, he asked me, “Is that all?” I looked around and decided to throw in a couple of freshly baked crispy-on-the-outside-but-soft-on-the-inside rolls, explaining that I was going to see a friend …
The other side
Warning: spoiler about Gran Torino movie…don’t read it you’re going to see the movie. I have still been thinking about my last post about the dichotomy between our conscious belief about equality of humanity and actions which suggest an unconscious racism…talking with a friend who is about to enter into a transracial adoption and discussing …
Confronting a harsh reality
There is the way we want to be, the person we portray to others, and that is often the person we believe ourselves to be. We can fool ourselves into believing that is who we really are. I see clients who tell me that they are a certain way–they tell me this with conviction–they believe …
The beauty in little things
Yesterday evening I spent with an old friend…sushi by the fire, with the music of the season in the background, and candles and little sparkly lights around the window providing muted light. We caught up on each other’s lives. We just enjoyed simply just “being”. And after she left, I found myself wondering why I …
The Butter Has Moved
I remember CBC inviting listeners to call in suggesting what they noticed at a significant sign that spring had come. Now, I’m not a “caller-in-er” to radio programs, so I didn’t call, but I knew immediately what I would have said if I had called in. In our office, we have a small kitchenette with …