To Befriend the Places of Pain When different places within us are in pain, we should extend the care of deep friendship towards them. We should not leave them isolated under siege in pain. A friend of mine whent to hospital to have a hysterectomy. A priest friend came to visit her on the evening be...

The breeze blows gentle The trees all sway, as if to wave I picked up my suitcase To pack up my dreams and leave, and sail away On an endless ocean With a sinking heart, I was torn apart When a voice came drifting, warm and wise Something lifting me up to the sky These hands that hold me, are good a...

Maybe you're thinking of the wrong herd there, kennytwisted. From the history of the Tarascans: According to the Relación de Michoacán the Tarascan nobility was divided into three groups: royalty, upper and lower nobility (the Wakúsecha elite). Royalty resided at the capital and the sacred site of I...

I'm in a quandary!!! My 17 year old son lives for tennis. And I've been there with him through almost all of it. I've missed probably less than five of his matches in the 7 years he has been playing in tournaments. My concern is more that I am annoying Dr Kemeny by cancelling the ct than by waiting...

Quote sourced :When You're Sick, You'll Wait for the Answer, but None Will Come or What Happened When Susan Sontag, My Mom, and I Were Diagnosed with Cancer, and How Treatment Becomes a Metaphor by Connor Habib http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/when-youre-sick-youll-wait-for-the-answer-but-none-wil...

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So long and thanks for the fish.

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OK. I'll bite.

What does this mean and do I have to BYO chook?

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As for handling the emotions. I have always liked the words of Rumi - This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who vio...