I have been shocked and disturbed by the degree of vile hate fueled diatribes spewed daily in social media during the American presidential campaign of 2016. Thank God, this election will soon be over, but fearful that the need for mob propagated hatred and revenge will continue. Tolerance is a key component towards harmony within …
For those of you who have not gotten it, nor who have not gotten where you want to be, and are tired and weary and want to give up, this post on perseverance is for you! Hang on, for you are already in the process of investing in those pay offs and rewards just …
After a bucolic weekend in the vineyards of Burgundy, I came home to immense sadness around the slaughter of many innocents in Orlando, two young French policeman, parents of two, and the female English politician and mother of two. These represent the utmost extreme forms of hatred, prejudice, and violence, but lesser ones, such as …
Hope, acceptance and powerlessness can be miracles that can transform and regenerate your life. Hope can be very difficult to hold onto, especially when life throws you in a valley of deep depression, or any painful circumstance that living this life can entail. Acceptance is likewise extremely difficult to come to terms with if you …
Europe is once again battling invasions of terrorism and violence, not yet with the same dimensions as during the life of Maria Skobtsova, also known as Saint Maria of Paris and Ravensbruck. She dedicated her life to easing the pain and suffering of hundreds in Paris plagued with hunger, racism, homelessness, mental illness, addictions and …
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Every year when July 22 comes around, besides being reminded that I have only one month left before my birthday in August,I always think about celebrating the feast day of Mary Magdalene. I have done this several times at La Sainte Baume Saint Maximin, in the south of France, which remains one of my favourite …
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When profound pain has been stored away in our psychic attic, we can become detached from the acute rawness of the feeling over time, which is protective in nature. Though we are always aware of this deep gnawing sorrow, we are never really able to fully unleash it, and therefore ours tears become “frozen” in …
It was a quiet sunny Sunday morning, with a full roster of patients, when the charge nurse on the adult ward, told me that one of the patients was missing, and that had left a suicide note. Fearing the worse, I reporting her missing to the police and immediately ordered the locking down of the …
Most of you think of the new year as a time to make resolutions to do this and that, and that the majority revolves around making physical changes in your life. But what about detoxing your mind of thoughts and feelings that are harmful to you? Those negative thoughts and toxic emotions that you carry …
Christmas depression is real and very painful for so many people. If you are coming onto the holiday period with depression, in grief due to a loss of a relationship, health, aloneness or other painful situations, then the symptoms can be quite magnified during the holidays. Trust me, no one choses to be depressed, in …
I don’t think that I could have ever been a monk or nun, but It looks like I am becoming one in the middle of the night. No, I am not waking up to the bells of matins, but frankly I might as well, as if these middle of the night awakenings are getting quite …
Last Sunday, by some synchronistic event, I found myself immersed again in Russian culture, except this time, it was in Paris! I had been lamenting that I couldn’t stay in Saint Petersburg longer than 72 hours, because I entered Russia visa free on the Russian ferry line, which however is a good thing, …
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