Boundaries
Do you have boundaries?Mine sometimes seem to be made of jelly. It's still a struggle for me.When is enough ENOUGH?For me, with a certain issue, and with which I will not bore you further, it is TODAY.I'm tired of tap-dancing on the decks of the Good Ship...
Invisibility Cloaks
Harry Potter's invisibility cloak comes in handy. Certainly, no young wizard should be without one. How else to spy on Professor Snape and Draco Malfoy? How else to prowl the halls of Hogwarts on a vital mission?For the rest of us, though, I think invisibility cloaks...
Dragons Four through 999,000
There are, of course, a great many more dragons lined up outside the door of our cozy little mental cottage, and dealing with them will take a lifetime. Let's agree--remember, I am no further ahead on this journey than you are--to greet these visitors one at a time....
Dragon Three
BLAME.I really didn't want to let this one into my cozy little mental cottage at all. I just got through picking up all the wadded tissues from Victim's visit, and now this.Blame is an angry dragon, first cousin to Victim, and she does breathe fire. The walls are...
Dragon Two
Dragon Two said, when I invited her in for tea, "My name is Victim." She cries a lot, and sheds wadded tissues like--well, dragon scales. Things just always went wrong for poor Victim.Her childhood was rough. When young dragons chose up sides for games, she was among...
Dragon One
Thy name is ENTITLEMENT.(Please note: I am on this journey with you. I'm not out there ahead someplace, I'm teaching what I need to learn.)And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.Here's what the first dragon has to say:We have been spoiled in this great,...
Take tea with dragons
Okay, so I promised to tell you what to do with the list of 20 you made yesterday. (You DID make it, didn't you? And you ARE writing those morning pages?)Now, cross off the dumb stuff.Make a new list of 20 things you can appreciate.Come on, you can do it. Don't tell...
My middle name
I was born Linda Lee Lael.I imagine the angels chuckled at that, and would have suggested another name entirely.Try: Linda RESISTANCE Lael.I've been a scrapper, all my life. (During my Athena period, that was all right. We need to be warrior goddesses for a while, so...
The Holy Cafe
Imagine that Life is one big cafe.You come in, sit down, and look at the menu.What are you hungry for?Hmmm.There are so many distractions. The jukebox is playing, and you didn't choose the tune. You get up, fumbling with the change in your pocket, and examine the...
Thoughts on homes and hearts
I came to a great realization today, in my journaling, as I often do. (Are you doing your morning pages? I am a mother, and thus very skilled at nagging. I won't let you off the hook on this one!)We pass through stages in our lives. As women, we are Diana, goddess of...
The British spirit
The British are brave. When they talk about keeping a stiff upper lip, they mean it.And they are back in the game--after One Day. That's typical of them, you know. They faced down the Spanish Armada. They went to the cliffs of Dover in rowboats and saved countless...
London
For several years, London was my second home. I kept a flat in Hans Place, behind Harrod's, and spent many happy times there. I came to love the humor and bravery of the British people.It breaks my heart that London has been attacked. But if there is one thing I know,...