What's something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. Failure is a part of living. Almost anything we try has the potential to disappoint us and others. Failure is the great teacher. Failure teaches the lessons that success almost never does. The lessons that failure teaches me remain with me more intensely … Continue reading My Teacher, Failure
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Stuff: A Slippery Slope
What would you do if you lost all your possessions? I find these hypothetical questions challenging and interesting. Since my answer is conceptual, I am only imagining how I would be impacted by losing all possessions. Writing about this question has invited deep self-reflection. I discovered some attachments I did not want to admit. Here … Continue reading Stuff: A Slippery Slope
Ask More Questions
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. “There is no such thing as a ‘stupid question.’” I have heard that phrase many times in my life. Some folks who say it probably mean it. However, if asking a question somehow makes one feel stupid- as in, “How could you not know … Continue reading Ask More Questions
Expression and Discovery
What do you enjoy most about writing? Writing for me is a way of bringing to form concepts that are bouncing around unnamed in my thoughts. As the words flow, sometimes I am surprised by what I discover and the old/new patterns that are arising unbidden. Other times I am startled to see a cohesion … Continue reading Expression and Discovery



