Tag: Pain

  • Important Notice

    Important Notice

    Featured Image pexel.com To all you special people, my readers. I will be attending an international conference concerning people with serious illness and their carers in Spain in the next two weeks. As a result I will not be publishing anything until Thursday May 23rd. As always, I look forward to joining you all when

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  • Stillness

    Stillness

    April 5, 2024 “What is stillness other than presence, consciousness freed from thought forms.” Eckhardt Tolle: The Power of Now Journal “When you are no longer totally identified with forms, consciousness—who you are—becomes freed from its imprisonment in form. This freedom is the arising of inner space. It comes as a stillness, a subtle peace

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  • Eliminate Pain and Sorrow

    Eliminate Pain and Sorrow

    “If you have lived long enough, you will know that things ‘go wrong’ often. It is precisely at these those times that surrender needs to be practiced if you want to eliminate pain and sorrow from your life.” Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now Journal Well – in some small way I can say

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  • A Letter To The Younger Me

    A Letter To The Younger Me

    Featured Image Richard Horne Upsplash.com Little David, it seems very strange to be writing to you, who is really me, and you are all of fourteen years old today, and the year is 1957!  As for me, I am 72 years old today, and the year is 2014. I have been waiting to write this letter

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  • Brave You Are

    Brave You Are

    You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering. Ernest Hemingway Feature Image Photo by Josh Hemsley Upsplash.com Five am cold, dark, and rainy outside. Thursday is the three-week chemo treatment day, and we prepare for the drive to the hospital. Two sleepyheads are fumbling around in the room, a queue for the

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  • Covid-Wisdom Snippets From Peter.

    Covid-Wisdom Snippets From Peter.

    Feature Photo by Mufid Majnun upsplash.com What I have learned so far with the Covid pandemic will work to benefit me in times to come. I’ve always understood that a goal is something identified, scheduled, and worked on until accomplished. This is why I prefer dreams; as I think of one saying, I want that,

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  • Misfortunes-Peter’s Wisdom Snippets .

    Misfortunes-Peter’s Wisdom Snippets .

    Feature Photo by Sigmund Upsplash.com Because of the many misfortunes, I have experienced in my own life that I have compassion for those that lack in any way. And in this way, with my compassion, misfortunes became fortunes. In times of sorrow, without thinking, I set my living aside to focus on my sorrow; And

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  • Famous Author Quotes-Mesa Selimonic on Love Hurts

    “Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality, love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world

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  • Peter’s Quote for The Day A Mother

    Peter’s Quote for The Day A Mother

    Feature Photo by Andrae Ricketts Upsplash.com When my mother conceived me, my creator burned the recipe. Finally and in pain my Mother birthed me. In raising me she experienced the miracle of human growth, begun in her body. She later said, “The pain was worth it.” I think my Mother was an Angel. Years later,

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  • Weekly Words of Wisdom

    Weekly Words of Wisdom

    Feature Photo by Lala Azizli Upsplash.com Changing Habits I have always resisted any form of change. As time has passed, I have realized that change is a constant in my life, whether I like it or not. Resisting change is a habit I have had for more years than I can remember. Try though I

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