Brown Dog
For the last 16 years of my life only my son and Brown Dog have stood by me and loved […]
Falling. A. Part.
A short poem about aging. #Acceptance #Self #Aging #ACaravanOfOne #jmgreff
Solutions are closer than they appear
It seems to me that the solutions to our problems often already exist and are within our control. We just need to step away from the problems long enough to see them and to listen. #Understanding #Awareness #Acceptance #Self #Intention #LivingIntentionally #Human Nature #Learning #Mindfulness #SoulSearching #ACaravanOfOne #jmgreff
A Deer in Headlights
Sometimes doing the right thing can lead to a difficult outcome. Do it anyway. #Love #Relationships #Poetry #Understanding #Acceptance #HumanNature #ACaravanOfOne #jmgreff
Confessions
I’m writing this because I believe that in sharing these truths, in bringing them to light, they become less of the lie they feel like. #truth #confessions #LivingIntentionally #ACaravanOfOne #jmgreff
All out in front of me
A poem about how we preserve those parts of our Self that we work so hard to improve. Meant to be read aloud. #Self #Acceptance #Growth #jmgreff #ACaravanOfOne
I tell you anyway
A poem about fear and fearlessness, acceptance and surrender, the inner self, and human nature. #fear #fearless #acceptance #surrender #InnerSelf #HumanNature
Cobwebs
Sometimes when we look within, soul search, we find things we wish we hadn’t. #SoulSearching #InnerSelf #Poetry
The Paywall of Life
When you find yourself feeling like my friend, well, you’ve essentially hit a paywall and the story hidden behind it, the part you can’t get to, is life.
Reading Suggestions
Waving the White Flag
Wherein the author struggles with the difference between "surrender" and "giving up."
The Four Agreements
A few readers have asked where my sense of spirituality comes from. What, exactly, do I believe? Big questions. Obviously, […]
I Will love You Like the Storm
You say that you love the rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains. You say that you […]
Home
after a lifetime of drifting on this empty sea carried by winds of misfortune and currents of indecision past welcoming […]
Now
Now is all we ever have. But in this moment, here, now, I can’t help gazing into the future to […]
Words to live with
I recently received a message from a reader who shared with me a list of “Words that should be a […]
Unexpected Wisdom
The Universe is always talking to us. Telling us to be patient. To breathe. Telling us it cares. That we are loved. Listen.
This morning
I lay in bed this morning and tried to imagine you there. Would you be facing me? Would I […]
Six Steps to Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse
I was in a narcissistic abusive relationship and it nearly killed me. This is how I recovered.
Wish you were here
How I wish you were here. Or I there with you. Not this distance. This painful punishment of purpose. Unfair […]
Atlantis
The pieces of the jigsaw puzzle my life looks like most of the time are falling gently, and hurriedly, into […]
My journey continues
On October 8th of 2017 I drove 1,774 miles straight into hurricane Nate to find out if my Beloved and […]
A note to the world:
I am sure that most of you have picked up on it already but for those who haven’t; I AM […]
Waving the White Flag
Wherein the author struggles with the difference between "surrender" and "giving up."