I am grateful for everything

I am grateful for everything in my life: the good, the bad, the in-between. Everything that happens to me and for me makes me who I am.

Don’t forget the good

There seems to be a lot going wrong in my life right now, but there also seems to be a lot going right. I don’t think it’s very smart to ignore the bad – if I can do something to make it better, then I should. But I also don’t want to dwell too much . . . → Read More: Don’t forget the good

Getting comfortable with not knowing

One of the most important things to me is that I know what is going on. I know the answers I get may not end up being what I want to hear, but I can deal with bad news. But trying to deal with something when I don’t know what is going on is hard! . . . → Read More: Getting comfortable with not knowing

Police

I don’t think there is an easy solution to what is going on with all these people of color being treated badly by police, or worse, being killed by them. I don’t understand what is going on.

I can’t imagine, though I have tried, what it must be like to know that if I get . . . → Read More: Police

Is there a reason for everything?

Bad things happen to good people, and it can be hard to figure out why. Could it be it is hard to figure it out because there really isn’t a reason? Maybe the reason someone got sick or got fired isn’t because of something they did or didn’t do, or because it would make them . . . → Read More: Is there a reason for everything?

Life is not fair

Life is not fair, even though I want it to be. Bad things happen to good people; good things happen to bad people. Sometimes I don’t know which I am, but I do now that there are things happening to me that I would just as soon pass on.

So yes, I occasionally go to . . . → Read More: Life is not fair