Category Archives: Life Purpose

“To find what one is fitted to do and to secure the opportunity to do it is the key to happiness.” Or so John Dewey said in 1923. I have often pondered the notion of finding out what I am … Continue reading →

Tonight I will stare down the blinking cursor of pain known as writer’s block. My intent, as it is each night, is to write something meaningful. Sometimes I am more successful than others, but I do my best. I am … Continue reading →

How often I’ve heard myself say, “I want to know my life purpose. Why am I here on the planet in this place at this time? Tell me!” I would ask God impatiently, somehow assuming that I wasn’t already living … Continue reading →

I have so many thoughts swirling in my mind as I write this evening. Part of me is tired and wants to spin the wheel and pick a blog. The two random number generators offered two different numbers and both … Continue reading →

Over the past few days I’ve heard a brief murmur from a few people I’ve spoken to that resonates with something I’ve been feeling myself a bit lately. There’s a sense of unsettledness, of disquiet about what they’re doing in … Continue reading →

Everyone should have a place to go where they can say whatever they need to say, to complain about whatever they need to get off their minds, to say every foul swear word their mother never let them say, where … Continue reading →

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? The line from the poem The Summer Day by Mary Oliver is present with me this evening. I’ve quoted the entire poem in this blog … Continue reading →