Kryptonite. I’d be surprised if your next thought wasn’t, “Superman”. You’d think it to be a bit counterintuitive that pretty much everyone knows what can bring down the superest of super heroes. But, nope. It’s out there. It has been …
two thousand and nineteen – a year in review
Love changes everything. From your first crush as a young pup in grade school to your first teenage heartbreak where the world was undoubtedly over; to that solemn life-altering moment you truly realize what your heart is capable of to …
the gift of silence
Silence is something different than just the opposite of noise. Silence is not the escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Silence is not what helps to hear a pin drop. Silence is not simply synonymous with quiet. …
the light of darkness
Where is true darkness? Where eyes don’t see; where eyes cannot see. The darkness is always within. It is inside. The place where we find what is real and what is true. The darkness is where we see everything we …
silent night
Last week was “a week”, let’s just say. One of those weeks where your brain decides that 4am is a good time to wake up. Or, at least, not allow you to go back to sleep. Who’s got time for …
the connection of quiet
The quiet. It’s quiet as I type this. That’s how I hear my thoughts the best. Or, maybe the truest. The thoughts that speak honestly about my life, love, uncertainties and convictions. The ones that answer the questions I try …
square peg
We try to replace the irreplaceable. With stuff, with walls, with avoidance, with neglect. And, when none of those work, we go further. To places we wouldn’t normally go if the situation weren’t the way it was. Desperation will quickly …
STR8.Love
STR8.Love – the podcast, coming soon. With Derrick Paulson. Discussions and thoughts on spirituality, relationships, Love and how to manage every day life with candor and kindness.
thank youniverse
Gratitude. Journals, mantras, meditations. Buddhism teaches it, the Law of Attraction promotes it; you could probably thumb through Instagram quotes til forever about it. I get the theory that a daily gratitude practice is part of the way to “live …
when did life get so complicated?
It didn’t. We did. Life, as a whole, has become more complicated. There’s more technology, more politicking, more social media, more power struggle, more entitlement, more sensitivity, more righteousness, more options, more of everything. The result? We, as the purveyors …