An archive of my “sometimes” weekly letter.
Where Time Goes 8/7/15
“I think I’ll just stop there because sometimes when you have a lot to say it’s better to just not say anything more at all. I made that up but it’s probably true.”
If You Don’t Go, You Don’t See 5/29/15
“Like today I saw an ladybird beetle nestled in a purple clover. She was covered in pollen. Her little wings popped out when I picked her up as if to try and scare me off. I found her when I was walking up a road I’d never walked up before.”
The Overloaded Plane 5/8/15
“Is there anyone here who does not want to be on this flight?”
Understanding is Overrated 4/3/15
“And how do I know that the people who say they understand really even understand? I mean, I shake my head yes all the time to people agreeing with them when I really have no idea what they are talking about. Maybe half of us are just faking our way through understanding life anyways.”
Does This Path Have a Heart? 3/6/15
“I was trying to explain to my daughter recently that she doesn’t have to know what she wants to be when she grows up, that I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. Also, I reserve the right to change my mind over and over again. And you can reserve that right too. Find the paths that have heart, the paths unique only to you.”
Matters Pertaining to Sasquatch 2/20/15
“A lot of people have viewed it. A guy in town told Brett in passing: nice snow angel, show off. That was the icing on the cake.”
In The Grand Scheme of Things 2/6/15
“Outsmarted. And she was right. It was just a drop of paint.”
Underreaction 1/23/15
“It doesn’t mean to ignore or minimize them. Just underreact. Imagine how many people it will throw for a loop…”
Living Deliberately 1/9/15
“Imagine how many things we would do differently if we knew we had come back to this day…deliberately.”
Gotta Go Through It 12/12/14
“God never uses anyone greatly until he tests them deeply.” -A.W. Tozer
Enough to Fill the Soul 11/21/14
“Earlier this week I wrote about finding my monastery: watching the clouds roll in and out can be enough to fill the soul. Watching an elderly lady rake her leaves can do the same thing.”
Things That Are Already in Your Life 11/14/14
“What would you wish for….that you already have?”
Just Being in Attendance 10/24/14
“Sark says that “being in attendance for all the variations in the ONLY path.” She was talking about writing, but I think it applies to living.”
A Million Years This Exact Minute 10/17/14
“Today is a miracle. And it’s almost gone. A million years can pass in a second.”
Life is Not Rocket Science 10/3/14
…unless you are a rocket scientist. “Follow your inner heart and the world moves in and helps.” -Joseph Campbell
We Were Chosen 9/19/14
“We were all born to do this. We were chosen. To be born.”
Clapping Along with Life 9/5/14
“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.” -Anne Lamott
Why I Told My Husband He Could Walk Away 8/22/14
“I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that six million men are diagnosed with depression each year. And those are only the ones that are actually diagnosed. We live in a culture where there is constant pressure to measure up. We use the words “I’m so busy” as if they are a merit badge.”
Craving a World of Less Convenience 8/1/14
“I used to dream about the perfect house and perfect clothes. Now I find myself dreaming about fresh air and blackberry bushes. Baby chickens and maple trees. Hanging laundry and a good pair of overalls. And maybe building a cabin one day…”
A Little Space to Dream 6/13/14
“It took us 7 days to travel almost 3,000 miles across the country….even surviving a tornado in the middle of Kansas.”
More Than Resting 5/2/14
“She is creating a new universe within herself. Examining and breaking old patterns, destroying what should not be revived, feeding in secret what needs to thrive.”
The Weight of the Centuries 4/19/14
“It’s okay to wander, it doesn’t mean we are lost. Crooked lines are still connected. And experience is like interest being compounded over and over.”
An Endless Road to Rediscover 4/4/14
“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it.“
-M. Scott Peck
