I was driving on Bestgate Road in Annapolis and something in the way the wind hit me through the window made my heart give this respondent ache. It was March of 2001. My body, my heart was awake. I didn’t feel that dull, grey, sunless east coast flat. The nothingness that accompanies it,…
Tag: soul work
Soul-work is NOT self-esteem!
Now, it’s important to clarify some ideas. This work, soul work, it can edge up next to concepts that are self-helpy and lots of people, including myself, get eye rolls when it comes to that subject. Yea, it seems to surprise people when they learn that I shrink at New Agey I’m okay you’re okay…
Self-honesty as Soul Work
What does it mean, Soul Work? And how do we start? This is maybe the great pressing drive of my life so far. Having a life of soul. The need for it was characterized early on by an unyeilding sense that there had to be more meaning to life than the daily grind. I…