A Pilgrim’s Progress

Roman diplomats carried bread and sword - peace and war - in their togas when they met with their enemies. You can have either one, they would say. Choose wisely. We all carry war and peace with us, every moment. We are the ones who must choose wisely. Do we greet ourselves and the world around us in a stance of peace or in a stance of war?

The last few videos have been about Zen, the first of three Pearls I carry in my pocket on the Trail to the Western Lands.
This one is about Healing Circles. I'm a volunteer circle keeper with Hidden Water, an organization that facilitates healing circles run by and for those effected by Child Sex Abuse: https://www.hiddenwatercircle.org/

Leave a comment! I'd love to hear from you! This video is about gratitude when you hit rock bottom, because you've finally got your feet on something solid.

I'd love to hear from you! Hows it all going for you? This one is about the third of my "Three Pearls of Healing" - Zen practice and healing circles are the other two.

This one is inspired by Hidden Waters' model of moving from harm to healing. It's been such a helpful thing in my own life. Leave a comment! I'd love to hear from you. How is it all going for you?

Recognizing the harm often feels like an epiphany. You've seen and acknowledged the reality of your life. But what happens after that?

How do we live? That's the question all us warzone kids face. The Jenga Tower of our psyches put back into a solid form, not a rickety mess of coping and denial.

As a guy living with BPD, here’s a little video about the role Zen practice plays in my life. Enjoy! I love hearing from you! Leave a comment and let me know how it’s all going for you.

That’s what I wanted to do when I first read the phrase restorative Justice on the Hidden Water website (https://www.hiddenwatercircle.org/) and then I learned better! I learned that restoring myself to wholeness is the only kind of Justice there is.