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Trust Again? We’ve all had our hearts broken at least once. Everyone has experienced a painful breach,  rupture or violation in a relationship. And yet, whatever offense, misdeed or transgression we’ve experienced does not mean that we have to forsake the idea of ever trusting anyone again. My father’s suicide was indeed the biggest violation…

Those Merciful People When I was sixteen, I worked as a nurse’s aide in a nursing home and made an awful mistake. I got a dead woman up for lunch. Obviously, I didn’t know she was dead. I’ve told this story a number of times in various ways, and each time I recall it, I…

Offended? Lately, I’ve been thinking about how to think differently about the people who offend me. Mostly, I want to think differently about them because I don’t like the feelings I get when I get offended; pissy, arrogant, and wanting to smack, slap, slug or kick someone or something.  In short, when I believe someone…

Terminate I used to worry when I wasn’t worried. Without worry on my mind, I thought I was being negligent, forgetful, or that I was guilty of slacking off.  Worry changed my life, but not for the better. By the time I was fourteen, my relationship with Worry was established, reliable, constant and familiar. As…