If anyone asks me what commandment I have trouble following, it’s not the one everyone usually thinks. My problem is honoring my mother and father. It’s not that my parents were bad. My mother sacrificed so much to give me and my brothers the life she never had. She also had me – a mouthyContinue reading “Honor Thy Parents”
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The Value of Boredom
Many years ago, the second I got out of elementary school for the summer, my mother heard those dreaded words from me – I’m bored! She told me to go read a book. I first read all the books I was “allowed” to read in my mother’s library (Hello V.C. Andrews). Then she would driveContinue reading “The Value of Boredom”
15 Life Lessons No One Tells You
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”
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”
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”
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 