Day Three Hundred Eighteen of 365 – Sometimes, Part 64: Absence and Presence!
Sometimes It’s The Absence of Their Presence And Sometimes It’s The Presence Of Their Absence! Peace! Mark E. Hundley
Day Two Hundred Seventy-Three of 365 – Sometimes, Part 19: The Senseless!
Sometimes The Senseless Overwhelms The Senses! Peace! Mark E. Hundley
Day Two Hundred Ten of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Knowing the Difference Between DO and BE!
There is a big difference between the DO and BE of life – especially when losing a loved one to death is involved. “What do I DO when someone loses a loved one to death?” I hear this question often. People every day are faced with what to DO when a relative, friend or co-worker […]
Day One Hundred Sixty-Five of 365 -Things That Inspire Me: Holding On!
Holding on to life can be difficult at times. We, as human beings, routinely find ourselves inundated by challenges on all fronts. Often, some among our vast number let go and give up or leave us. When that happens, I am deeply saddened. I venture to say that all of us from time to time […]
Day One Hundred Twenty-Four of 365 – Confessions of a Recovering Bapticostal – Tornadoes, Emptiness and the Beginnings of Sensitivity
Author’s note: This post is taken from a manuscript in progress that more fully outlines my journey as a Recovering Bapticostal. Although the storm of life that affected me as a nearly three-year old boy was the beginning of my path toward Spiritual sensitivity, an experience later in life (the untimely death of my first […]
Day One Hundred Twenty-One of 365 – Confessions of a Recovering Bapticostal: What Early Memories Might Mean
What is your earliest memory? How old were you? How clearly are those images burned into your brain? Early memories create questions for some and clarity for others. Early memories are often questioned, especially when they are formed before the age of five. And yet, before the age of five is exactly the time period […]
Day Fifty-Four of 365 – In Death I Am Born
On the surface, the title of this post appears obvious – especially to those whose Faith includes some sort of Eternal afterlife. As is often the case with me, I want to take this proverb in a slightly different direction. I love reading wisdom words from the Hopi people. This particular Hopi proverb caused me […]
Day Forty-Four of 365 – Adolescent Grief Observed
Losing a loved one or friend to death is one of life’s most devastating experiences. When adolescents lose a peer to death, the outcome can be particularly devastating. One of the hallmarks of adolescence is a relative feeling of invincibility. They tend to believe that death cannot touch them personally. When that bubble bursts, adolescents […]
A Mysterious Curiosity
Things like this have happened to me pretty much all my life! I have no real explanation for them . . . they just happen! As common as these occurrences are, the most recent one caused me to pause and reflect at a deeper level than ever before. To what do I refer? Well, it […]
The Lesser Lights!
The Lesser Lights! You know what they are! Stars and the moon on a celestial level are examples. Candles, flashlights, camp fires and the like are examples on a terrestrial level. During the day we rarely pay attention to candles or flashlights! And I can’t think of a time when I have seen a star […]