Tag Archives: spirituality
getting past anger toward god
I met a man tonight who was recently blinded. As in: a short while ago he could see, and now he cannot. Not surprisingly, he expressed a deep resentment, if not hatred, toward the very concept of god. “I am a good person who does all the right things,” he said. “I cannot abide by […]
7 months, 3 years, etc.
Today marks seven months for me in New York City, and I’m spending the evening at the Mid-Manhattan Library, downloading information for freelance articles, looking for jobs, and helping an elderly Chinese lady navigate the library’s computer reservation system. “You so nice!” she says as she pats my arm, and I remember the new desktop […]
something I wrote almost three years ago…
“I want to find peace and serenity and be able to freely give and accept love despite the fear—or by learning how to accept that the fear won’t go away except by acting as if. I don’t know how this will happen, but I will pray that someone will come along to show me the […]