Heaven or Hell?

Heaven or Hell?

Many religions describe some form of heaven and hell as places that exist in the afterlife. Places where you go after you die. If you were a “good person,” you got to go to heaven, an Edenic peaceful place with angels and beautiful music and good food and love and...
Just Show Up

Just Show Up

A woman I used to know, Cynthia, was in the business of helping celebrities prepare to do interviews on camera. They were accustomed to performing in front of thousands of people, they had reached excellence in their craft, but unscripted appearances and interviews on...
Your Own Private World

Your Own Private World

  I want to do something splendid . . . Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgottenafter I’m dead . . . I think I shall write books.                                                                                    – – – Louisa May...

The Gift of Mediocrity

  We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled fromthe point where they started.                                     – – –  Henry Ward Beecher You’ve lived through a powerful experience and made it...
A Divine Spark

A Divine Spark

If you wait forinspiration to write, you’re a waiter. Not a writer. – – Dan Poynter   Feeling inspired is a high like no other. It’s a divine spark. Your paintbrush skims across the canvas seemingly by itself. You hear the music inside your head before you...
A Beautiful Thing

A Beautiful Thing

A Beautiful Thing A close friend visited me a fewdays ago. She is gorgeous inside and out. She has a genuine interest in learning and growing and she is kind. She recently had her hair cut in a stylish bob. She was wearing a pair of jeans that fit her perfectly and a...