Power without Strength
byConsider this question: what is the essential difference between personal strength and personal power? It is the characteristic of strength to be natural. It…
Consider this question: what is the essential difference between personal strength and personal power? It is the characteristic of strength to be natural. It…
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. John Milton With the publicity…
September is Suicide Awareness Month, and many groups and organizations have increased their public visibility in order to discuss this very serious subject. Suicide…
A member of a group to which I belong recently posted what she hoped was not a silly question: why do people no longer…
Last week’s news of the suicide of Robin Williams was an unpleasant shock to many people throughout the world. It was an unwelcomed reminder…
During the last week, I’ve been struggling with memories rooted in a catastrophic event (a fire) that took place in 2011; troubles compounded by…
For a number of years, I’ve corresponded with women in prison—‘hard-timers’, I believe they’re called, and it has been a very satisfying experience for…
Ordinarily, I’m not a fan of groups. The experiences I’d had with them when I was younger were distasteful, to say the least, and…
I used to see a man strolling along the sidewalks of the business district. He was a very distinguished looking man who always wore…
I’ve been corresponding with a woman who has been in prison since the early 1990’s. We had been remarking on how the things we’d…