emotions – Another Small Stone

Defrost your heart

I have a love/hate relationship with large cuts of meat. I don’t like to keep raw meat in my fridge, because I always feel I’m on a timer before it goes bad. But, since I keep my fridge really (probably too) cold, It may take two or three days to thaw meat that I’ve pulledContinue reading “Defrost your heart”

Feel strongly and think deeply

I wish people would start applying the old story of the elephant and the blind men to more than just religion. This little story really does a poor job explaining religions and a pretty good job explaining a lot of other things. For the uninitiated: Three blind men stand next to an elephant. (For ourContinue reading “Feel strongly and think deeply”

What Else is Real

Background My son is almost 2, so I traffick pretty heavily in children’s books. One of my favorites, “Why do we say goodnight,” is by Champ Thornton. Especially for being a children’s book, this book has some really solid truth. I think his most helpful contribution is how he portrays the interplay between emotions andContinue reading “What Else is Real”