April 28, 2025 | Syntropic Contemplations weekly e-news Archives
We get the world we agree to When I was a single mother, my daughter and I were asleep in bed on two occasions when we had home invasions|robberies. Someone came into our house while we were sleeping to steal. I determined, after the second home invasion, that I...
September 19, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Clean Communication and the experience of anger Imagine two innocent people having a conversation. There is no pre-existing charge or issue. Mutual respect is present. During the course of the conversation, one person believes that the other is charged and angry. ...
May 17, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings
Hot coals Navigating a relationship of sensitivities like racism and white privilege is tricky, particularly in the in-between time when a white person is invested in understanding their privilege and systemic racism. It is understandable, given that people of colour...
October 19, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Hello I see your pain We celebrate happiness as the holy grail, and in so doing, we make the emotional scale of human life wrong. Can we hold happiness and grief simultaneously? It is impossible to sit with someone living in the grip of an existential crisis or deep...
August 12, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings
Are we kind On Wednesday my love had open heart surgery, an extreme trauma to his body, mind, being. The field of support for him has been beautiful. I often think about the nature of humanity. Adversity really is a test of character. Are we kind? Do we offer love?...