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Life – Death – Rebirth
ECCLESIASTES 3 – ‘A Season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven’…Life, death, rebirth. A blog for the new year.
S U I C I D E
You Are Not Alone. Journey inward, experiment and see if you can find the beauty of the Festival of Lights somewhere trying to peak through inside of you.
Note # 1 From the Beyond–Sun Tzu, The Art of War and Peace
This post is a glimpse into Book 2 of my Trilogy: The Little Black Book of Suicide Notes From the Beyond.
In Remembrance of April in Paris- Suicide Note #11
Excerpted from The Little Black Book of Suicide Notes I always imagined roaming the streets of Paris and sitting in the quaint outdoor cafés that Hemingway and Gertrude Stein frequented. A Moveable Feast coming alive. The only feast I ended up having was alone in a...
Possibly Post Suicide
Glimpses of thoughts of "Notes from the Beyond" I’m dead. Now what? Sometimes I think about finding that light they speak of at the end of the tunnel that I self-created. Sometimes I think about who that "I" really is that created that tunnel in the first...
To: You, With Love
I wanted to share with you, all in one place, some of the quotes and images that have been inspiring me lately.
Writing Can Bring Healing
During an especially challenging time in my life, I discovered the healing power of story telling. Sitting down to write each day, to compile my thoughts (sometimes coherently, very often not!) was cathartic and clarifying. I worked my way through a dark time, found...
The Power of Imagination
As I wrote in my previous post, I want to share a selection of books that have, in the words of Ursula Le Guin, been my “guide to the country we’re visiting.” Here is another: Over 15 years ago, I picked up The Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were by Michael...
Literature Is A Guide To Living
“The reason literacy is important is that literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to the country we’re visiting, life.” - Ursula Le Guin We all have stories--in books, and in our heads. Stories have the power to...
Taking a Step Without Feet
“There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go.” – Jessica Hatchigan The concept of letting go can be misunderstood, misinterpreted. Jessica Hatchigan’s quote is critical for anyone seeking for a way through difficult times (or just through...