Posts on the importance of personal growth or becoming an individual.
Tom didn’t think he would be able to get a job. At age 58, with graying hair and a noticeable limp from an old back injury, he figured most employers would see him as a liability rather than an asset to their organization. But when he walked into the lobby of a small company looking…
Just as Alice tumbled down the rabbit hole and encountered a whole new world, so you will someday descend the manhole. Or, at least, I hope you will. You never really become an adult until you wade through the sewer of your being. When you descend the manhole you come face-to-face with the ignored, rejected,…
A woman dreamed, I am with my daughter, Sarah, in a large underground cavern. The area seems suffused with daylight, although I cannot make out its source. The rock walls are a deep forest green, rounded and smooth, as if the space has been carved out of the earth and then polished. It is divided…
“…we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the programme of life’s morning–for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true will at evening become a lie.” Carl Jung Midlife is an important period of transition in most people’s lives. In the “first half”…
Just as the first dream we remember from childhood can be very significant, often hinting at our destiny and the key forces that will shape our life, so the last dream we have before death may summarize how we have lived our life. An example of this is this dream of an 82 year-old man…
On Lake Superior one night, far away from the lights of the shoreline homes, the moon rose out of the water like a dripping luminescent orange. And as dusk darkened into night, the stars shined evermore brightly. I felt as if I was drifting beneath a huge backlit blueprint spread out across the sky. Of…
A man dreamed, “I discover a hidden compartment in my wallet. There is a lot of money there. I am surprised, but quickly close the wallet so that a man standing nearby doesn’t see all the money I have and try to steal it from me.” In dreams, money is often a symbol of energy…
To do it God’s way, or not do it God’s way, that is the question. It is important to choose carefully, for your answer will have a profound effect upon your life. There are two main paths you can follow in life: the way of the world or the way of God. God’s way is…
For many people at midlife, perhaps especially those who are retired, gambling can be an extremely seductive—and destructive—activity. The ending of a career, the death of a spouse, or a change of roles within the family are life events that can lead to feelings of loss, sadness, loneliness or anger. Many older people turn to…
Like most of us, Cheryl was searching. She was searching to find herself, her “home.” But she got lost along the way. When a promotion at work made her more depressed rather than less, Cheryl went on an antidepressant. It helped with her sleep and gave her more energy. But it also allowed her to…
