My God and Me: Listening, Learning and Growing on My Journey

Silence, Correction, and Hope

We’re three weeks in and we’re both struggling with interacting with each other in close proximity. She has a lot of expectations and judgements. And I have basic understandings and sense.

Hmm, sixty-five years ago today,You entered this world.Twenty-nine years agoyou left far too soon.Up ’til then, I knew you my entire lifeyet, I’m still learning you more each year.This last year, I dug up painful,crushing information.Confirmed details.Connected dots.Formed a picture of a childhood that wasn’t.Saw the end of a truncated adolescence.Now I’m speculating,wondering when thoseContinueContinue reading “Poem: 65 Years Ago Today”

Reflection Friday: Do you practice self-reflection?

How did you take care of yourself in 2022? What character trait(s) did you rely on or practice the most in 2022?

Poem: Without Reservation

My efforts have proven useless against your inaction.[…]
I must resist that part of me until you present that part of yourself to me.

Relics of My Imagination

Even as my relationships collapsed and wasted away one by one, there were a few I genuinely believed would survive close scrutiny. The friendships I thought were based in truth and mutuality of intent. The friendships I built on shared belief in the Word and compatible spirits. The family members I loved more than myself and would have laid down my life for… until my life became an expected forfeit for their ease.

ACAD – Faith & Pleasing God: Hebrews 11

And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.

What I Know about Coaching

I didn’t appreciate having my character, personality and tone mischaracterized. Most definitely not in words commonly used to stereotype, demonize and dismiss Black Women. And absolutely not by the only Black Male manager on the open floor he was dressing me down on.

Making a home in hostile places

In early November I returned to Arizona for a couple of days. On my drive from Phoenix to Tucson I had some revelatory moments. I share them here. There are no safe places. True peace is never of the world. I’m learning that my life has been about escaping all the ties that bind myContinueContinue reading “Making a home in hostile places”

Video: Becoming What You Hate

Thought experiment: Project the idea of your best self into the idea of your best environment. What’s the first step in getting you there in reality?

People are disappointing

Disappointment as a faith-builder Disappointments by family and friends can have life-altering and personality-changing impact. My most painful disappointments have helped refine my faith and how I view my abilities and capabilities. There is no level or area of human interaction that has not led to disappointment in my life. Still I would not tradeContinueContinue reading “People are disappointing”