The authors personal ruminating on life, faith and reality.
A very wise old woman said to me in my youth “You only get the trouble you need”. My very wise wife said to me as I grew in maturity “You trade in your foolishness for wisdom as you grow”. The beauty of trouble is in it we meet our helpers-if we are wise we … More Walking the Paths of the Wise: Finding Beauty in Troubles!
Steven G. Cavalli (January 9th 1947-June 12h 2024) “See you on the other side” say’s he, his last words to me. My best friend in truth, because of grace! Truth was our friend, truth was our bond, truth was our purpose in being friends. We butted heads, but never hearts! Steve Cavalli and I where … More Ode to my best friend!
Musing on respect and humility… I have had the great honor of serving as an architect or knowing some very great leaders in my community and throughout my career. These might men, mostly men of God, have taught me how respectful people behave, and why they came to positions of real authority and power. They … More Respect and Humility: Key Traits of Effective Leadership
“Up until now” is a great declaration of an end of what came before now. Now life for me is the communication of our true reality one to another. This poem/declaration is about realizations and a determination to maintain a new perspective; purposing to leaving behind common ways many have experienced others and the way … More Up until Now
Maturing; I marvel now at the vast arrogance, vanity, and ignorance of humanity. Humans are amazing creatures, yet prone to profound arrogance and self deception. No matter what your spiritual path to enlightenment you will not see the glory of THE LIGHT until you stop marveling at your own brilliance. Rabbi Shaul said “When … More Don’t be blinded by your own brilliance!
We each make a choice of how we pilot the vehicles of our life. Although many shades of gray between the ways exist in this post we will consider navigating the skies above! I have defined two predominant paths of walking-through life in the previous post on “An Architecture of Peace” (1). … More An Architecture for Peace II
I, me, my, mine; it’s not about me? Really? Who’s it about then? You, them, us, everyone else; all the time? “There’s nothing new under the sun” said some wise guy a long time ago. Nothing happens to you that has not or might not happen to me or others. That’s just the way it … More It’s not about me, really?
The following Poem was written when I was 18 years old in 1980. I jotted it down the first six lines in my journal three weeks before my mother Barbara Jean (Bleacher) Parry was killed as a passenger in a single car accident. She had come for a visit it was to be our … More Our life is a war
From a Journal Entry March 8th 2024- Woodson Bridge. Friday, Shabatt Shalom! Its coming, its here now: a real- hard fought peace-the new way of being! Scripture reminds us that whatsoever befalls us is common to man. (1st Cor. 10:13). So it is and so it will be for so it has been time out … More Simply Being- It’s time!
We each make a choice of how we walk through our lives. Although many shades of gray between each exist, I see two predominant paths. We run on our own steam, driving by discipline, strength of character, the most recent seven strategies for success; defining our personal philosophy about how things actually work … More An Architecture for Peace
