




You don’t have to be disagreeable when you disagree. Getting hateful and angry when encountering someone who doesn’t share your beliefs is a sign that you have complete identification with your thoughts. But your thoughts are just that – your thoughts.
You are not your thoughts.

“Being challenged is a good thing. It allows you to grow.”
Eckhart Tolle
A synonym of “exam” (as in examining your own reactions and emotions) is “observation.” It requires moments and space to step back and observe what is going on inside of you. This is challenging but necessary in the steps to stretch, grow and evolve.


Little black canine – my loving shadow
O Growler of Other Dogs and
One of Insatiable Appetite
Your spirit is ceaselessly bold
yet your haunches have caused affright

“Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.”
Byron Katie


This one is simple. Direct. In your face.
Still playing with ideas…

Kevin watched. The wheels in his little mind were turning.
*Kevin the Complainer, to be published in March 2019

I can’t draw all the figures in one scene. So my plan is to have them spread out on a page piecemeal.

“If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.” Eckhart Tolle