Author Archive for Grace Kerina

It’s all very nice to believe in a power greater than myself – some version of a beneficent overseer with management capabilities that boggle the mind – but I want a personal relationship, not a vague idea or a one-way yearning. Over the years, that desire has led me to develop a system of getting [...]

Push. Push. Push. And if that doesn’t accelerate the dream quickly enough, then push from a different angle. But keep pushing – that’s a given, right? Nope. Pushing maintains the swirl. Sometimes, what’s out of sight and zooming toward you isn’t quite here yet. A leap in another direction doesn’t always land you in a [...]

      You don’t feel like flying today, you say? You’re feeling life’s weight? If I say, “Chin up,” it may piss you off. It sounds trite, as though I expect you to down a placebo. Well, listen up.   You can’t fly without sticking your neck out.   Watch a bird in the [...]

Imagine two kids fighting over a toy. “It’s mine!” “No, it’s mine!” They yank the toy back and forth, neither kid letting go, neither kid giving up. Now, imagine you’re the toy. Not only are you being pulled this way at that, but, more importantly, no one is playing with you. Your purpose, your great [...]

“No problem can be solved from the level of consciousness that created it.” – Albert Einstein We all have sensitive moments, times when we take life to heart. Sometimes, when sensitivity dominates, we feel and sense our way through the day, aiming for the miraculous place just before feeling fully spills over into feeling too [...]

So much about modern culture is about speed, about pushing through. Getting ahead. Being the best. Breaking records. Making it to the top. Getting there first. To heck with it. I’ve got a first-class ticket to the back of the line, and that’s where you’ll find me. I’ll be the one hanging out on that [...]