Dear TSJ Friends, I hope this finds you in a good space and healthy and you enjoy today’s stories. Each week brings its own challenges and life experiences for you, as well as us at TSJ. Muse Solomon likes to get us to review those experiences (stories) for nuggets of wit and/or wisdom to share. So …
Dear TSJ Friends, Our muse Solomon and I hope this finds you healthy and adjusting bit by bit to our new normal of “social distancing.” After fussing a bit as to whether I should share something personal when so many people are suffering I have decided to share one incident with you from our recent …
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Hello TSJ peeps! Happy WW day! “Sir Solomon” and little SJ are in their WW spots. Yes, Tom remembered today is their day to get some attention and to remind us all to live wisely and playfully as much as possible. Especially on Mother’s Day weekend! Since today is my mother’s birthday and Sunday …
Hi TSJ Peeps! It is time for our WW. For new readers, I wish to remind you that my aim is to take everyday events and use them as object lessons or analogies for the less visible and often overlooked ways of seeing with our hearts. Solomon and Solomon Jr. help me keep it earthy …
Hello TSJ Peeps! I know many of you who are teachers and married to teachers are on vacation this week. May it be a time of peace and harmony wherever you are and may it restore your souls! Here at TSJ, we are getting caught up on “stuff” as Tom is on vacation. He is …
It is Wednesday Wisdom day at The Shared Journey. Story time! And today we are looking at another aspect of our walk on earth as parents, grandparents, or just plain children of the universe here at TSJ. What inspired this sharing…besides the cancer journey with Tom was…a bird and a black cat! As Tom and …
” Faith makes things possible….not easy.” This saying on our mantle has come alive of late! When your heart breaks for your children, how do you put that into words? There simply are no words sufficient for this task. When you feel deep stirrings in your soul for the conditions of our world, both locally …
Solomon’s message this morning is very simple. You plus me makes we. As you can see he is having a father-son talk with our newest addition to The Shared Journey, SJ (Solomon Junior). Such a simple phrase. Yet, unspeakably profound. What is parenting? Parenting (as has often been said) is not about what we do. …
Do you ever “wanna quit?” I mean really want to run away and hide in a cave somewhere? Elijah did. More about him in a minute. Sometimes we all do. Today’s wisdom is not as whimsical as sometimes. But I believe there is hope, depth, and beauty in the contrast caused by shadows in the …
It has been a difficult winter. Fuel, salt, and people’s energies are running low. Many of us are needing to refuel and renew our inner resources. We may be like the salt shaker…. running low, but not empty. Now is the time to take heed. Since the news media has been announcing concerns about dwindling salt …