Out of the Mire
…because thriving is the goal
Category: encouragement
An Introduction to Personal Inertia and Taking Action
I can usually write a blog post in an hour or two but not this time. For some reason I could not put this post together no matter how hard I tried. I sat down in December to write a post on personal inertia. …
Stopping the Holiday Madness
The Iceman hath indeed cometh to my neighborhood. I woke up in the wee hours of the morning to the sound of snowplows clearing snow and scraping concrete. I had grand plans to “get shit done” yesterday until my car got stuck in the…
Becoming an Agent of Goodness
I am seldom on Facebook, but, as I was up bright and early this morning, I indulged my urge and took a peek. This is what I found: My knee-jerk reaction was, “What the fu…” Was I more shocked by the original “prayer” or…
Nine Things I’ve Learned
I used to write a lot about trauma and the nature of it largely because I was in the middle of dealing with it. For me, I would try to get outside of my own traumas and inspect them as if I were looking…
Living with Intention
I receive many emails asking how to fix a loved one. It might be a mother with a personality disorder or a partner or family member with alexithymia. In both cases, I have been that self-same person on the search for solutions. I have…
Circumstantial Alchemy
I like to write useful posts, and I’m going to try to spin this “leaden” topic into gold as it were. I think I can do it. I am certainly getting many opportunities to engage in circumstantial alchemy at my college. I have to confess…
The Masterpiece Within
As I’ve been taking a brief respite from blogging to gather my thoughts after the sexual harassment problems crescendoed, some interesting things moved to the foreground. And, you can always count on me to share them if there’s something valuable in the mix. My…
Jerry Seinfeld on Pain
It might be springtime where you live, but we just got hit with a doozy of a blizzard that dropped over a foot of snow on us. And it’s still snowing. Go home, Mother Nature. You’re clearly drunk. I thought I would use my…
Annual Rituals
We celebrated Passover last night with the customary Seder–the ceremonial dinner for the first night or first two nights of Passover. My house is usually the gathering place. It is a big job. Traditionally, the preparation that goes into preparing one’s home, kitchen, dishes,…
A Healing Hypothesis
I’m supposed to be doing homework, but it’s cold and snowy. I am entirely unmotivated to study the alimentary canal. A thought occurred to me when I was stuck in traffic a few days ago. I’ll start with a question. How many times have…
The Holiday Revisited
My daughters and I did something a bit unusual for us yesterday. For the first time in my life and henceforth theirs, we did not celebrate Christmas Eve. When I was married, our family was interfaith in terms of family tradition, and my family…
Currently on the Nightstand
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