As I left the house today to get a haircut, I ran across a thirty-second clip of uncommon wisdom on social media. The clip contended that suffering is one of life’s most exalted opportunities. Failure is good, James Skalski went…
Peaceful surrender
Parkinson’s is an inherently confusing disease with symptoms constantly ebbing and flowing. When first diagnosed, Parkinson’s seemed to be toying with me, allowing five years before I started taking Levodopa, the only medication, in my opinion, that significantly eases symptoms.…
Being
As I ramble along life’s calendar, each day slightly more at peace than before, it strikes me as an odd truism that the rational mind, that most vaunted human attribute, is the source of most unrelieved suffering. The soul pointlessly…
And life goes on
After spending a wonderful week with my newborn grandson, daughter, and son-in-law, fate decided that I needed a snap back to reality during my flight home from Texas. I was traveling by myself, and the journey evolved into an excruciating…
New life
Reveling in translation to the material world, new life bridges love’s eternal unity, transiting from darkness to light in the purity of innocence, enraptured in life’s simple joy of wonder. Opening eyes wide to morning’s natural glow, rejoicing in life’s…
Unspoken secrets of the soul
I am grateful for many things, and topping the list is my relationship with my mother, cultivated primarily through lengthy telephone conversations. During earlier times, our conversations centered on mundane and ultimately unimportant everyday details. Now, with my health challenges…
Hummingbird
Hidden until the final moment by the morning sun, a hummingbird appeared out of nowhere two feet from my face, hovering effortlessly in place. Standing eye to eye, the Hummingbird emanated intelligence, a knowing. Two sentient orbs of lighted grace…
Let’s play
It’s been nearly two weeks since my wife flew to Charleston to help my son recover from shoulder surgery, a length of time that as a prospect was both frightening and invigorating, with the unfolding reality living up to expectations…
Yoga’s graceful surrender
It has never been more challenging or painful in my almost ten years of practicing hot yoga to complete a session. During this period, my capabilities have come and gone in direct correlation to taking breaks from the practice due…
A curious power
Lately, it has been difficult for me to get through the day. A mild summer cold and insomnia have made overcoming Parkinson’s constant nag to inaction increasingly impossible to ignore. Condemned to boredom’s nightmare, often unable to muster the energy…