Pain | The Oxherd Boy

#153: “After all you've been through...”

How do we recommit ourselves to love after suffering?

#145: "I have done some things, thought many thoughts..."

I've noticed in my son a strong development of conscience over the last two years. I recognize in him many feelings of anguish that I...

#143: "Looks like a storm is coming in..."

As a parent, often we feel that our job is to protect our children from pain and relieve their suffering, and I honestly struggle with...

#136: "Everyone says children are so lucky..."

How often are we held hostage by our past? Past pain, past hurts, past trauma holding us back from giving ourselves completely into a...

#126: "And the day came when the risk to remain..."

What do you think, is it pain or joy that makes us bloom? 🌺

#125: "Persistent pain is usually the indication that we have become..."

Michael Meade writes in "Fate and Destiny" that we all experience pain, which emerges when our smaller, egoic selves obscure the greater...