flawed but authentic

I can’t make all the difference I want to in my job. At least, I can’t always do it with a positive viewpoint. There is enough reality in my life to know that I can’t affect all the change I want to because it is, simply put, impossible. From getting students to see their best [...]

I have met with a weekly spiritual study group on and off for a decade. We study “A Course in Miracles,” but I have come to believe that the benefit for the group members is not so much the topic we study as it is in the time we spend together.
I think that just having [...]

My old housemate Dana was a flight attendant on those little puddle-jumper airplanes. Her typical day would be something like: San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles International. Los Angeles International to Bakersfield. Bakersfield to San Diego. Little hops with cranky people who were anxious about making their connection in time.
We often talked about how people [...]

Post pictures of a lake sunset.

Hope that you can be wrapped up in God’s arms as He paints a picture for you in the sky.

Be encouraged that such colors are even possible and found in nature.

And then? Well, just share them with a friend and have a nice day.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.-Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In keeping with the theme of making a difference I’m trying hard to live an authentic life that puts my mental health first and foremost, but that keeps coming with other prices that I didn’t expect to incur. That means making lists on sticky notes and posting them around [...]

We tend to see teaching as a profession, but A Course in Miracles says ”Everyone teaches, and teaches all the time.”
 Every moment of every day, we are teaching those we encounter and ourselves what we believe about the world. We are also teaching the world how to treat us.
My friend Ken eats a lot of burritos, [...]

A typical day for me begins by plugging in my unnamed laptop, grabbing my portable two-way radio from its charger, and listening to voicemail. It’s nothing for me to have 5 or 6 to listen to and take notes on before I begin making calls. It’s the busyness of the job and I’m stopped several [...]