Archive for January 2012

replacing fear with love

Posted on: January 27, 2012

The awareness of human separation, without reunion by love – is the source of shame. It is at the same time the source of guilt and anxiety. Erich Fromm, “The Art of Loving” What if each time you felt fear and anxiety, you made a decision to love? Love who? You decide. And by love,… Read More…

seeing through a new lens

Posted on: January 6, 2012

I’m not sure where I heard the following tale, but I’ve thought of it often over the years: A boy and girl crept into their grandfather’s bedroom as he slept, and they smeared a healthy dose of potent smelling cheese across his mustache. When the grandfather awoke, he said, “Oh goodness, this room smells like… Read More…