Deep down, we all want to run around naked…

feet_earthing via wakeup-world.com

  We cover our bodies to hide our imperfections. We use make-up to cover our blemishes. There are so many products out there to cover up our flaws. But regardless of what we look like on the outside, deep down don’t you just want to run around naked? Naked in that you do not have… [Continue Reading]

What would you do?

blame-on-women via spirit21.co.uk

Answer me, oh my love, just what sin have I been guilty of? Won’t you tell me where I’ve lost your love? Please answer me sweetheart….so goes the first verse of an old song by Nat King Cole. I grew up with this song….I can hear my father crooning the words along with the radio… [Continue Reading]

De-friending fear…

online drama via living.msn

  Oh how Facebook has reduced us to junior high feelings all over again. Those feelings weren’t that great the first time around. Now they are possibly worse because, on top of the same old teenage insecurities floating to the surface we have that feeling that OMG, really, I am a grown adult and am… [Continue Reading]

What am I angry about…?

Frustrated Woman

  You’ve probably had situations like this… You can’t put together a sentence. You have something to say but the words don’t come across. There is sound from your voice but no one seems to be hearing you. I recently wondered what I needed to do to be understood because my words were not coming… [Continue Reading]

At the masquerade….

mask via cathyberggren.com

  For me, a masquerade conjures images of the Victorian elite with masks hovering over their eyes.  Or The Phantom of the Opera, whose true physical self is partially covered by a mask of white….and those at Mardi Gras wearing colorful masks which allow them get away with all sorts of mischief behind a veil… [Continue Reading]

OBEY….

woman silenced via mansibhatia.com

  Such a small word….yet, so many hidden consequences. I do not know if modern wedding vows still tell a woman to obey her husband…this always bothered me. Who decided that “certain” groups should OBEY certain other groups? Children should obey their parents, even when the parent says to NOT tell the truth about sexual… [Continue Reading]

Spit in my face? What does that mean?!

ashamed-woman via zawaj.com

When you spit in my face…what does that mean? A few weeks ago, I saw a man spit in a woman’s face. He straightened up and spit, aiming right for her face. She was stunned. She froze and she looked like a deer in the head lights. What was he trying to communicate? What words… [Continue Reading]

Cleaning MY side of the street…

happy-woman-with-rubber-gloves via sheknows

Cleaning MY side of the street.. I have been given an amazing opportunity to clean up some “stuff”. Relational “stuff”… the kind that is easier to let fester and rot and stay away from. The kind that is easy to not think about…the kind that makes it easy to keep myself busy with other “stuff”…. [Continue Reading]

Can you hear my heart beating?!!

commuter-bike-lane via brooklyncruiser

A few days ago, I did something that terrified me. I rode a bicycle in the heart of NYC. I was going to be there for a short while and did not want to interrupt my training schedule for my MS 150. In order to do this, I had to summon the courage to ride a… [Continue Reading]

Remember your purpose….

woman_meditating via goodlifezen.com

Sometimes, in the privacy of our own homes and the lonesome feelings of our own heads, we MAY be tempted to give up the fight, path, journey, struggle. A small voice might say…What’s the use? You are just spinning your wheels in mud….who do you really think you are? Has this ever happened to you? If… [Continue Reading]