Category: Wednesday’s Wisdom

Dear TSJ Peeps, Do you ever hear yourself saying, “I just need some space?” Have you ever felt crowded?  I notice that I feel that way even if not in an actual crowd.  I often feel crowded in my mind. When we feel crowded we do not feel free. Solomon and I have been thinking about this topic off and on lately but it has come up today because locally our schools are on a midwinter vacation. As I have written before the challenge with time off is we are faced with new choices of how to fill our time.  Hours (even days) open

Hello Peeps! Happy Wednesday.  SJ (Solomon Junior) is still wearing his heart on his tummy so he can say “Happy post Valentine’s Day, TSJ Peeps!” Here at our small headquarters, we hope you feel lots of love flowing in and  through you in the “pastures” you work and play in. We hope you are letting go of things that worry you, make you discouraged and are like extra weights on your mind and in your soul. Letting go seems to be a theme for Mr. John and me. We have been enjoying our new marriage and learning many things about this stage in life.

Hello TSJ Peeps! It is that time of week again – when here at TSJ we share short stories inspired by living the realities of Planet Earth. Solomon, SJ and even Sigmund encourage us to seek help from each other as we learn from failures, foibles and fractures in life to  be courageous and wise on our path to wholeness. Two things I wish to discuss today: An update on our TSJ blogsite. This week’s stories about brokenness. First, our TSJ friend, Lucille, is working on updating our blog site to reflect our commitment to seeking courage and wisdom as we travel with our

Good Afternoon, TSJ Peeps! Solomon, our inner voice of wisdom, has been nudging me to try a new way to wind down a day and drift calmly into sleep. I am prone to cram things into the last minute possible of each day. Do you remember being read to when you were a child? I do not remember that for myself, but I used to do it with my children when they were young. It was a time to snuggle, to listen to their little stories of the day and to read a book that would bring us into a whole new

Hello TSJ Peeps ~ A few days ago in our “sip it and zip it” time together Mr. John began with a reading from Psalm 13.  And I have gone back to it in my alone times of meditation. You see, the opening question struck me between the eyes, “How long, Lord? I could resonate deeply with the primal cry in those words. Many times they have tumbled from my own lips – especially when I was growing up and when Tom was battling cancer. But also when I feel stuck or worried. Do you ever hear yourself groaning, “How long? or How much

Hello dear TSJ Peeps! Yes, I am late.  A full day late.  And it is not Solomn’s fault you did not see his weekly smile yesterday.   You see, I have been highly preoccupied!  And Solomon persuaded me that “Thursday might be a good day to show up as TSJ peeps might by thirsty for a bit of his wisdom. So think of it as thirsty Thursday!”  Solomon has his way of keeping me going when I stumble.  I chuckled. By now most of you know that “Mr. John” and I got married in a  candlelight service at our church the night after