Category Archives: Rictameter

Wholeness. We all seek it. We look to others for affirmation and sources of love. The real truth is we know where to find it. We all come into this world whole. It is inside of us. We are our … Continue reading →

Conflict rooted in rage blocks the ability to see, think, and react clearly. Diffusing such raw emotion is key to understanding another’s viewpoint or perspective. Calm minds avoid conflict.

Seasons of suffering pass through us as well as times of celebration and joy. We cannot predict the timing of them but we endure, trusting in our faith.   It is in trust that our true faith seasons.

Nothing. For centuries wise men contemplated the wisdom of sheer nothingness. There is certain elegance in having to do nothing, yet there is shame in having nothing to do.  What is nothing?

To be fully aware means to see things the way they really are without judgments and expectations of how they should be. If you close your eyes and focus with your inner soul, it will allow you to be.

Stories. We all have some. Vignettes of memories framed by our experience and retold in conversation when a spark ignites an ember buried deep inside us. We light up when we tell our stories.

Weary. The trail is steep. Days have turned into nights and back into days again as I climb that rocky path to a new place. Will I make it to the top or turn around?  I cannot know now.  I … Continue reading →

Open spaces provide respite from the crowded places found in our daily lives. We need open spaces in our hearts, where we lie in fertile ground and sow seeds of humble access to be truly open.

Sacred spaces exist within us.  Places we go to be with the Holy One. In quiet stillness, in joyful laughter, in grief and in pain, God is there within the places of our hearts we keep sacred.

Passion breeds energy kindling a boundless and unquenchable excitement. What happens to it when the fire goes out? Embers buried deep in the heart will glow and reignite when flamed with new passion.