Random Reflections
Forgiveness is Not a Menu Option
Every time I talk about forgiveness, I run into disagreement. When I make the statement, “Forgiveness is not a choice,” I always get pushback from people who think I’m saying something else. What they think I’m saying is, “Hey, you know what would be fun? Why don’t you hang on to your hurt on purpose and refuse to forgive the person … Read more
Getting in Fights with Strangers
I saw a video on Facebook. Two drivers, apparently contesting a parking space, were ramming each other’s cars. They were using their vehicles like bumper cars at an amusement park. But there was nothing amusing about the video. Below the video, people had left thousands of comments. Many decried the stupidity of the combatants. I don’t … Read more
On the 12th Day of Therapy…
When my partner, Mike, first heard the Christmas carol The 12 Days of Christmas as a child, he thought the “partridge in a pear tree” was something about a “juniper tree.” I’m impressed that he knew the word “juniper” before he ever heard of a partridge. My own experience with The 12 Days of Christmas … Read more
How Much Security Can You Stand?
Security is comfy, isn’t’ it? It’s like being able to stay home all day in your pajamas, surrounded by your stuff, knowing what to expect from the cat, the TV, and the kitchen faucet that drips once an hour. The big, ugly outside world isn’t there to bother you, or judge you, or expect anything … Read more
Additional Posts:
- “Sorry” Isn’t Always Good Enough
- Why Dogs (and SOME Cats) Make the Best Therapists
- Where the Nice Guys Are
- Chestnuts Roasting…
- A Fun Idea for New Year’s Eve
- You Don’t Have to Let It Go
- A Bit of Fluff – Grin and Bear It
- The Surest Way Not to Teach Kids Respect
- The Spider Chronicles
- Just Freaking ASK
- Notes from a Book Tour
- Good Enough is Sometimes Best
- The More You Want Something, The More Elusive It Becomes
- Things That Are Wrong With Me
- As We Dream By the Fire
- The Circle of Change: You End Up Where You Started (Kind Of)
- Are You Playing By Rules That Don’t Exist?
- What the Bad Movers Taught Me