As this is the graduation season, everyone is dispensing wisdom to high school and college graduates. I decided to join the throng of unasked-for advice. I don’t remember who spoke at any of my graduations. They could have mentioned some of the things I have listed. However, I’ll be honest, at all of my graduationsContinue reading “15 Life Lessons No One Tells You”
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Services Rendered
Hey Ya’ll! Welcome to new and old readers! Just in case you’re new, in the past few years, I have been working on myself physically and mentally. This blog has become where I write about more personal insights that don’t come up in my novels or poetry. For those who are waiting for new creativeContinue reading “Services Rendered”
Slow Motion
I started doing tai chi in November 2024. The first thing I was told was that I needed to take things slow. Tai chi was not about being quicker or faster than everyone else. It was about taking things slow, measured, and controlled. You must have body-mind alignment and intention when you move. All partsContinue reading “Slow Motion”
COVID: My Rebirth
This week, the IMO podcast interviewed comedian, David Chappelle, who said a quote that shook me to my core. He said, “In COVID, we were trapped in our choices.” He didn’t really elaborate on the statement (or I might have been too stunned to have heard the rest of it, LOL). I never felt soContinue reading “COVID: My Rebirth”
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”
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!”
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 