Tales from my head
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Happiness is a state of mind, a prevailing feeling that all is well, and a foundation for mindfulness. Everybody I know wants to be happy. We are born with instinctive needs. The need for food, shelter, and companionship is innate because it is essential for the body’s survival. Our minds are something else altogether! Our…
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Tonight, my head is filled with images from my past. I see my young self, tanned so dark that other kids asked if I was Indian. I had thick, curly hair. I wore black-rimmed glasses with one arm taped on with masking tape. The tape was a light cream color. I used a marker and…
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I don’t like myself. I am unbearable, hard-headed, opinionated, and arrogant. Sometimes I am just a troublemaker. I know this not from self-discovery, but from something less subjective. Two months ago, I came home from a day spent with friends, watching a full solar eclipse. The eclipse was spectacular! Seeing the sun disappear, hearing the…
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By all accounts Joe is ‘a good man’. He was born the only child to Joe and Joanne Wish. His parents loved each other and raised him well. Unfortunately they also gave him their unremarkable genes, and the last name Wish. His mother was short. His father was wide. Joe was short and wide. ***…
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Visiting Ireland for a two week road trip I became ill. I saw a doctor at a clinic and she sent me to the hospital. They removed my ruptured appendix Tuesday! This could have turned out much worse! I am so thankful that I saw a doctor. I left my heart in Ireland last year,today…
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Politics and politicians are shit. The media makes it worse. It is better for politicians and media magnates when a country is divided, and even more so if the divide is binary! This way the money that can be made can be split down the middle. I think it is time for term limits for…
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Dogs are beautiful. Their owner is their god, protector, caregiver and world! They do not understand punishment and harsh words. They are simply tuned to your energy. They feel you! See them for the innocent, perfect souls they are and pack as much love into their short lives as you can. Our father who’s house…
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There was a time when I did not know you. I worked, ate, slept, laughed and lived like everyone else. I went through the motions of life. I did what was necessary and expected. I felt complete. I had all I wanted. I did not know that I lacked you. On the day we met,…
Tales from my head 