Author Archives: lilshe10

Sometimes weeds are beautiful. Sometimes spiders are magnificent. Sometimes bad decisions turn out to be the best curve our life path has ever taken. Sometimes life sucks, but does it? Sometimes a body dies, but does the person? Sometimes everything … Continue reading →

You must think I am so calm, with all of the yoga and spirituality, but maybe without them I’d fall apart. Or maybe you thought it noble of me to be a nurse and care for cancer patients, but it … Continue reading →

Wisdom cannot get through the scattered mind. So we sit, until we slow it down. Love cannot penetrate the blockaded heart, so we take a chance, break our chest wide open, and become vulnerable for once in our lives. And … Continue reading →

At some point we cried out, “What is there to love about me?” and believed it to be true. So we decorated our bodies with stones and colored clothes, painted faces and uncomfortable footwear. Yet somewhere deep inside of us … Continue reading →

If we look at a body to know someone, we will have learned nothing. I can train my body to twist in innumerable ways or strengthen it beyond any perceivable strength, but this tells you nothing about me.  To see … Continue reading →

We live in a world where “thou shall not kill” is a basic doctrine, yet we murder innocent others in the name of war, even in the name of God. We live in a world of “One nation under God”, … Continue reading →

Once when I was young in confirmation class it was pouring rain outside. Instead of whatever lesson was on the agenda that day, the pastor let us play outside in the rain. We jumped in puddles, our clothes were soaked … Continue reading →

Today on my bike ride as I’m narrating crows in deep voices and talking to a stick for 5 minutes that I swore was a heron, I realized something. The reason God made the world is so we could play. As … Continue reading →

One year ago this month, I started a blog. The idea came out of nowhere in the middle of meditation, which I have now learned has nothing to do with my brain, and everything to do with God. I ran … Continue reading →

I want to talk about death, because not many will. I want to talk about death because it is inevitable. I want to talk about death, not because I am morbid, but because I am sick of watching people suffer. … Continue reading →