Happy Wednesday Wisdom Day, TSJ Peeps! Have you ever had someone say something that echoes in your mind over and over? Sometimes for me it is things that children say. I think partly because they are so direct and there are no veiled messages. Children’s uncomplicated clarity rings through the din of my intellectual point …
Dear Wednesday Wisdom Readers, Today there is so much to blog about that I am pulled to write way too much. A week away from the computer and only minimal texting reawakened and reinforced so many things I know about life, myself, being human, and being fully present to the moments we have. But for …
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 …
Dear TSJ Peeps,t I am wondering . . . Have you ever had a very bad day or gone through a very bad time in your life that surely seemed to make no sense (at the time anyway)? Of course you have. And it may not even have been personal to you, but it could …
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. …
There is something I am experiencing of late that is hard to describe because it is the best kept secret in our society… there is power in doing nothing. It is counter-culture for most of us. And I get quite anxious if faced with doing nothing! For kids it means boredom, for me …