isolation Archive

  • The Perfect Face

    The Perfect Face

    Amid memories of disappointing a former love, a prayer for a more beautiful face is answered in minutes.
  • Real Lovers Serve in Ecstasy

    Real Lovers Serve in Ecstasy

    Periods of strain can erode your strength and test your faith in life, but there are ways to approach them...
  • Five Phases of Transformation

    Five Phases of Transformation

    I am being reassembled.  The process is unmistakeable.  It’s not over yet, but I feel myself entering a final phase,...
  • Cut Off, Part II

    Cut Off, Part II

    The function of compassion for those who feel cut off is to return them to the whole. This is not...
  • Cut Off: The Role of Compassion in Social Death

    Cut Off: The Role of Compassion in Social Death

    Among the most excruciating suffering one can endure is social death. Where does compassion fit in?
  • Breathing Under Water

    Breathing Under Water

    Reaching out for help can inadvertently foster the collective perception that we are all struggling to save ourselves.
  • The Veil of Total Darkness

    The Veil of Total Darkness

    Being in total darkness recently took on new meaning for me.  Rock bottom is not necessarily a bad place to...
  • Nothing to Protect

    Nothing to Protect

    Keep your heart open when you want to close it, and you will find that the heart needs no shielding.