Reflection #59 Counting the Years
103??? The Gap Year Reflection #59 Counting the Years Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're...
The Gap Year Feedback
The Gap Year Feedback: My thanks to all of you who read and offer your reflections to me and other readers. Here is the feedback you’ve sent these past few...
Reflection #57 Regrets
The Gap Year: Reflection # 57 Regrets Part of me is comforted by knowing that my story and life is not unique. But another part still wants to believe my...
Reflection #56 Forgo the Drama
The Gap Year: Reflection #56 Forgo the Drama “God save us from gloomy saints!”― St. Theresa of Avila Now, in these later years, I see more clearly who I am...
Reflection #55 Harvesting
The Gap Year: Reflection #55 Harvesting “We cannot live in a world interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. ― Hildegard of Bingen...
Reflection # 54 A Life Waiting
The Gap Year: Reflection # 54 A Life Waiting “The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love.” ―...
Reflection #53 Building Bridges
The Gap Year: Building Bridges We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. -- Hildegard of Bingen Erik Ericson, in his classic work...
Reflection #51 Aging and the Media
The Gap Year: Navigating Life's Transitions “Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow.” --Clare of Assisi There are images...
Leaving META - Hello Bluesky
Leaving Meta Platforms – I’m saying goodbye to all Meta Platforms for obvious reasons. I’ll truly miss seeing many of my friend’s quick updates,...
Reflection #50 The Toxic Myth of Hard Work
The Gap Year: Life in Transition “Love turns work into rest.” ― Teresa of Avila In religious institutions, where I worked, and the medical community, in...
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I truly appreciate our conversations. Thank you for sharing your heartfelt reflections. Reflection #49 My Body Feel more aches & pains, affected by the...
Reflection # 49 My Body
The Gap Year“Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep....
Reflection #48 Death and Love
Life Transitions (The Gap Year) “Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name.” –Clare of Assisi You’ve probably noticed that I’ve not yet...
Reflection #47 Learning to Let Go
Carnegie Museum of Art In this house, all must be friends, all must be loved, all must be held dear, and all must be helped. --Teresa of Avila As a hospice...
Reflection #45 Simple Lessons
“I admonish and exhort all my sisters, both those present and those to come, to strive always to imitate the way of holy simplicity, humility, and poverty.”...
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My thanks to all who write sharing your wisdom with me. Now, I share it with others. We are not alone… Jan 8, 2025 Reflection # 43 A New Year What beautiful...
Reflection #43 A New Year
“Because the way and path is difficult and the gate through which one passes and enters to life is narrow, there are both few who walk it and enter through...
Reflection #44 Epiphany!
Part of the terror is to take back our listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.” ― Hildegard of Bingen Again this year, as always, the...
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Reflection #46 Beginner’s Mind Nothing great is ever achieved without enduring much. -- Catherine of Siena We’ve come to the end of 2024, and 2025 is just...
Reflection #41 Creeping Entitlement
The Gap Year, by Patricia D. Brown Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. --Clare of Assisi I’ve been convicted of the sin of entitlement. I...