About that Parable of Talents - People are Depending on Us! I got a message from a family in desperate need and I was so sad that I couldn’t just write out a check for the exact amount to help them out. It got me thinking...how long have I been dancing around the bonfire instead… Continue reading About That Parable of Talents
Category: Real Life
Day Shift at the Weather Station
Day Shift at the Asylum (Excerpt from Poem by Ama Danesi) Blond dandy meteorologist pumped his fist High in the air giddy with the forecast of sunshine Promised to the nurse high on whatever she gets high on Promised to diminished egos stranded under hopeless arcs Promised to beach bums in Venice, like that even… Continue reading Day Shift at the Weather Station
Why I Wanted Bangs
Why I Wanted Bangs Walking out of the grocery store, out of my peripheral vision I spotted her. Cute in a mud colored shorts and white silky tie shirt, not sure what she had on her feet, but it was the hair that stopped me dead cold. She had on bangs. She looked just like… Continue reading Why I Wanted Bangs
The War of Art – Fighting the Resistance
It's amazing the hell you go through when you are trying to grow from one level to an even higher level mentally, spiritually, ethically or morally. The enemies of transformation are multifarious and ferocious! Doubt, fear, memories of past failures, heart palpitations, HDTV and the worst of all, procrastination. Agents of resistance all designed to… Continue reading The War of Art – Fighting the Resistance
Define Normal with Arms Open Wide
I stood at the cashier's counter waiting to pay for a steel-gray and orange patterned Under-Armor sneakers for my son. Sean stood fidgeting beside me, playing Super Mario cart on his red Nintendo DS-XL. He struggles with the racing games and does better with the logical games, where he uncannily unlocks secret tunnels, levels and… Continue reading Define Normal with Arms Open Wide
