Category Archives: lesson

Under the Baobab Tree

I’ve been at a loss for words as of late. This is something that commonly happens when I go too long between excursions. Silence… Has escaped me. Silence. Affords me a clarity that I am unable to get elsewhere. The static of the daily becomes toxic and overwhelming, leaving me useless. Last week while inContinue reading “Under the Baobab Tree”

Is trying to figure it out a pipe dream?

I sat here quietly. Engrossed in thought attempting to do the impossible, trying to make sense of it all. Actually, I find myself in this position more often than not, but not necessarily sitting on this particular tree stump, looking out at this particular outcrop of trees. But actively sitting in repose, trying to makeContinue reading “Is trying to figure it out a pipe dream?”

My letter to God – Is it blasphemy to place you in a box?

God… Lord… Master of all I survey and then some… You have many names and yet you respond to all of them, don’t you? I’ve wrestled with these feelings for some time now and as you know it came to a head this afternoon. I was in church. I was in your house, I wasContinue reading “My letter to God – Is it blasphemy to place you in a box?”

A soliloquy of appreciation

You have been my cheerleading section.