This Thursday during one of his homilies, Archbishop Hicks of New York said something that jarred me – “It’s okay to be happy.” My pastor had said the something similar to me on Wednesday but in a different context. I had a feeling God wanted me to think about this subject a little more. IContinue reading “Happiness is OK!”
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Jesus: Love and Repentance
In my twenties, I thought I was bisexual, not because I felt any real attraction to women, but because beautiful women would proposition me. My straight male friends said stupid, immature things out of jealousy. I was too young and dumb to realize that fact. Their accusations made me question my own sexuality. I alwaysContinue reading “Jesus: Love and Repentance”
Modern Love
This summer, I turn 55. Looking at my life, one would think I am going to die a single old woman with a house full of cats. Honestly, my response is – don’t threaten me with a good time. It’s not that I want to live without companionship. I did all the dating apps –Continue reading “Modern Love”
The A.I. Prophecies Fulfilled?
A.I. has been more in the news as we become more and more dependent on it to streamline and simplify our world. It is also used to lower operating/production costs from small to big businesses, with the unfortunate effect of cutting jobs for the lowly clerical staff, as well as the artistic creatives in allContinue reading “The A.I. Prophecies Fulfilled?”
Confidence
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog dealing with my conflict over whether to remove my excess skin or love it. I had decided not to pursue any more elective surgery in pursuit of society’s idea of the perfect body. My mistake was to tell my female medical team this. All of the womenContinue reading “Confidence”
Streaming? No Thanks!
Happy Easter! I am about to show my age in this post. Que the classic rock on muzak now: I have had cable off and on since it became a thing in the 1980’s. My family was the one who had the cable service that featured on three channels (not including the three major networks).Continue reading “Streaming? No Thanks!”
A Tale of Two Books
Once upon a time, there were two types of paperback books – trade and mass market… I’m bringing up books today because the news is reporting on the end of mass market paperback book production, like it’s earth-shattering news. However, mass market books have been on borrowed time for many years, especially in my house.Continue reading “A Tale of Two Books”
Protecting My Peace
“Be ready to lose it all to protect your peace.” As noted in my earlier blogs, I’ve been doing a lot of adulting these past few years. One thing I realize is that if something is upsetting my peace, either change it or accept it. Nothing changes by complaining about what is happening to you.Continue reading “Protecting My Peace”
Bad Habits
“The process of building habits is actually the process of becoming yourself” – James Clear I’m in the process of reading the “Atomic Habits Workbook” by James Clear. My level one tai chi class is reading it for this section of our training. I have three bad habits that I know I need to change.Continue reading “Bad Habits”
Welcome to the Humility Corner!
Hello everyone! I’m your host, Peace. Hopefully, this will not be a reoccurring feature of Sparrow’s Playground. Today’s lesson is about the adolescent adult behaving badly, LOL! One of my new mottos is “I don’t have to be wrong for you to be right.” I heard the quote a long time ago from the RabbiContinue reading “Welcome to the Humility Corner!”
R.R. Peace, Author and Poet 