authenticity


  • Chasing Cars…or was that Joy?

    Chasing Cars…or was that Joy?

    If I lay hereIf I just lay hereWould you lie with me and just forget the world? Forget what we’re toldBefore we get too oldShow me a garden that’s bursting into life ~ Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol Today I found myself thinking about all the crazy ways I’ve tried to chase Joy, in people, places…


  • On being slow and empathic in a fast world

    On being slow and empathic in a fast world

    Sometimes I look around this world and a great and ancient sadness moves through me. Everything is so damn fast here. I feel like an alien, often. A slow, mindful, present alien. I watch people rushing from experience to experience, barely stopping to contemplate the fucking miracle of their existence. Hardly ever taking time to…


  • Apologies to the Divine Feminine

    APOLOGIES TO THE DIVINE FEMININE (from a warrior in transition) ~ by Jeff Brown I apologize for my inability to distinguish the benevolent warrior from the heartless warrior, a reflection of my own confusion dealing with the battlefields of yore. When I opened my heart too wide, I was vulnerable to attack from warring factions.…