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“I have never gone to sleep with a grievance against anyone. And, as far as I could, I have never let anyone go to sleep with a grievance against me.” -Abba Agathon, monk (4th/5th century)  Could you imagine?  Being so committed to relationships with others that you never held a grudge and you took steps…

I have a birthday that stops people in their tracks. An elder Generation Xer, I was born on June 6, 1966. Yup. 6.6.66. People at motor vehicle and police officers stopping me for speeding (I have always had a lead foot) would take my identification, read silently, look up with the same playful-yet-mildly-freaked-out expression and…

My friend went camping alone yesterday. She and a 50 lb backpack hit the trail for the night so she could find some peace. I’m about to jump in the shower, have a quick coffee with Martin, then spend the day curled up on a couch reading, writing and ruminating at Holy Cross Monastery-mostly in…

I have a roof over my head, food to eat and money to pay (most of) my bills. My husband and I are best friends. All three of my kids are healthy and happy AT THE SAME TIME! I’ve found some things I am passionate about and I get to do them every day. I…

Brian Wurzell, a fellow blogger at ConversantLife.com, posted this interview with three young women who are going beyond change-the-world rhetoric and putting their money, time and energy where there mouths are to combat the international sex trade. Bethany Hoang, Jeannie Mai and Naomi Zacharias discuss the organizations they work with and how we can get involved.  …

Woke up this morning with the chorus ‘Canary in a Coal Mine’ by the Police running through my head. (That’s Sting’s old band, for you young’uns.)  I couldn’t remember the verses. Just a continuous loop – canary in a coal mine, canary in a coal mine, canary in a coal mine.  I am familiar with…

I can’t stop thinking about trust. Who we trust, why we trust them and how behavior and decision-making is impacted by our answers to those questions.  It started with the Swine Flu. The CDC and World Health Organization were conducting press conferences and sharing information through the media and people responded. Some pooh-poohed it from…

I came across the following exchange on Facebook… Status update: “I know God loves me, but how could God love **her**?” What do I do with that? Response… Admit that it is a good point. That unconditional love is ridiculous. Made me think about how easy it is for us humans to bring our own…

My parents moved my three brothers, my sister and myself out of Brooklyn to a small town about 50 miles northwest of the City when I was in elementary school. It was a nervy move. They were in their 20s, didn’t have a lot of money and knew no one except my father’s brother and…

An old friend posted this short poem by Charles Bukowski on his Facebook page yesterday and it has been haunting me ever since. I am not sure what was going through his mind when he shared the link, but it recalled for me a time when I was hidden behind a thick wall of…something…that prevented me from…
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