Jack Kornfield

I Asked For This

Depression’s insidiousness can include an almost complete obliteration of one’s perception of life as God and nothing else.  Maybe more than almost.  This is especially unsettling when that has been one’s default orientation for decades.  Over the past thirteen months, my beloved’s internal world has become more and more both numb and agitated––empty and overwhelming––despite […]

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God’s Grin

The Big Unknown has come to call.  My beloved’s well-being is uncertain.  Our earthly life, therefore, is uncertain beyond the usual Who the heck knows?  we all deal with.  Maybe around a nearby corner a measure of predictability awaits.  Maybe not.   She and I tell each other there is nothing we can’t handle.  But

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