Update May 2019 This failed completely. Mostly because I was way too ill to bootstrap an org to provide care for myself and others when I was already in crisis. A friend coined the phrase jumping off a cliff and trying to build a plane on the way down. It obviously didn’t work. But not … More Gofundme, seriously, go fund my home, prettyplease
Suffering is character building, I talked about that a lot in the Storm Chasers post, we grow as human beings with what we are forced to go through. But sometimes the suffering, whatever the source, is too much to bear. Too much to live through, quite frankly. If you are pushing at the boundaries of … More Feeling Suicidal?
Have you ever not known how badly you needed something, until you finally got it? I had that kind of weekend, a lot of gratitude tears were shed. I’ve always been a make-do sort of girl, ’cause life doesn’t always throw you what you want. It took me a long time to make friends with … More Creativity as Dreaming – wisdom on needing, and a rant about dating
There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. …since then it’s all kinda gone to shit. I’ve had a hard time addressing this chapter, in part because it’s been a couple of stupid-busy and disrupting weeks for me, but probably moreso because I have been feeling less than perfect in myself and … More ToV 25 – perfectly imperfect
As I am picking up a blogging project that has faltered and stalled over the last year and a half, I thought it was worthwhile to just re-introduce you all to it, so that if you drop in mid-stream you aren’t trying to figure out what I’m talking about. Anybody remember those read-along books that … More The oft neglected Tao Te Ching project
Valerie Roney 