Posts Tagged ‘denial’

Of “Lights” and Soul-Liberation (Confessions From a Real-Life Journey Moment)

“Honey, thou dost protest too much, methinks,” says my wife frequently. Oh, she’s not always so Shakespearean about it, but she does say essentially that. Denial is a funny thing. Refusing to accept the truth about your own self often leads to projecting your loathing upon others. Plus, it’s...

September 6th, 2012 | Arts, Essays, Music | Read More

Today I Said Goodbye

Today I said goodbye. Goodbye to a dream to which the Lord led me. Goodbye to the hopes of being a world changer. Goodbye to stubborn insistence that love is enough. Today I said goodbye. Goodbye to prideful refusal to ask for help. Goodbye to long-term denial that something needed to change. Goodbye...

June 5th, 2012 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Attending Your Own Funeral

I’ve been writing this week about inspired vision and embracing radical change even in the face of the death of present systems. But the experience is different when applying the same principles to our own lives. The following is taken from my upcoming memoir, PregMANcy, due out in a few weeks. The...

March 5th, 2012 | Essays, Featured | Read More