Things We Can’t Change

But denunciatory rhetoric is so much easier and cheaper than good works, and proves a popular temptation. Yet is it far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness. - William L. Watkinson I read a tragic story this morning.  A 9 year old boy came out as gay to his mom.  While she was …

She Wants Your Time

How many songs have been written about women who left because they were being ignored?  The guy was working too much, cheating, distracted, whatever. Bruno Mars says it perfectly https://youtu.be/ekzHIouo8Q4 I should have bought you flowers And held your hand Should have gave you all my hours When I had the chance Take you to …

Fear and Isolation

I've realized something in my life recently.   I'm afraid.  I am where I am in life because of fear.   I self-sabotage my life just to feel safe. I've been aware of this for a while in certain areas, but I couldn't quite figure out why I was this way.   It didn't make sense to me …

The Value of a Partner

The Bible famously talks about the creation of man and woman.   Adam, the first man, needed a helper, so God put him to sleep, took a rib out and used it to make a woman, Eve. For millennia, in the Bible and in the world at large, this is the gender role women played.  They …

Beautiful Laughter

Quick thought for today: I think you are pretty, you think I'm funny.  Isn't that the perfect basis for a relationship?