The Deep End – (New Moon @ 23 Scorpio)

Credit: Maria Shriver (Doug Emhoff - soon-to-be the 1st Second-Gentleman) “But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.  Maybe none of this is about control.  Maybe it isn’t really about who can own whom, who can …

2020 – Step 85: Bridge Building

"Once more I was trying most strenuously to construct an intimate world of light for myself out of the shambles of a period of devastation."  ~Hermann Hesse Human psyche - becoming whole. First comes denial - then anger - then bargaining - then depression - then acceptance.  It's sometimes hard to separate the stages.  Sometimes …

Step 275: Pearls From Heaven

"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up."  ~Booker T. Washington History whispers loudly. A single idea may be expressed in many different ways - and if we can’t understand it in one context - it will come back to us in another form until we …

Step 120: Time Stands Still

Cognitive Dissonance - Mental discomfort (psychological stress) experienced when trying to hold two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas or values.  This discomfort is triggered by a situation in which a person’s belief clashes with new evidence perceived by the person. When confronted with facts that contradict beliefs, ideals, and values, people will try to find …

Step 98: Inner Expansion

  Articulating feelings and/or emotions is not always easy.  How does one articulate that which we cannot make sense of?  It's hard enough with "external other" - but communicating with "inner other" takes time and patience.  We have no frame of reference.  Discernment reveals Truth.  When faced with confusion the question is - "who are …