Storied Mind

Some Rights Reserved by capsicina at Flickr A friend sends out a poetry email every Monday, and here’s what he sent this week. Pablo Neruda, toward the end of his life, was invited to read in Caracas, Venezuela, in the great national theater there. The theater was filled with people celebrating him as the icon [...]

Some Rights Reserved by Funky64(www.lucarossato.com) at Flickr Understanding what work means for my sense of personal identity, for a basic acceptance of who I am, has been a central issue in making progress in recovery over this past year. Yet it seems strange that both my identity and feelings of self-worth should so depend on [...]

Some Rights Reserved by paintedmonkey at Flickr Reading Catatonic Kid’s post, full of poetry as all of hers are, about how she experiences the disparate parts of her mind, I started thinking once more about what it is that holds me together when so much within seems to be breaking apart. I work every day [...]

Nefertiti at The Inspired Self has kindly honored Storied Mind with the Lemonade Award. I want to thank her, especially since this was quite a surprise. We have discovered one another’s blogs just recently, and I look forward to reading regularly her beautiful insights about life with clear inner guidance. The rules of this award [...]

Some Rights Reserved by …Zeyneeep! at Flickr Recently, Melinda wrote a post about the role of forgiveness in her recovery and the difficulty she has had in forgiving her unrepentant father for abusing her in childhood. Reading this made me aware that I wasn’t very clear in my own mind about the meaning of forgiveness. [...]

Some Rights Reserved by woodleywonderworks at Flickr Have you heard it, felt it? In the sound of a human voice there may come a wave of healing. Of course, it could also be a scarring knife edge or shriek of pain that can hurt or terrify, but here I want to talk about the power [...]