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Your Spiritual Home
The Life I Ordered Has Arrived, At Last
Some of us wake up when we find out that we have two months
to live. Everything changes. We do those things that we always
wanted to do, before it’s too late. Some people wake
up early -at age seven or at eighteen- and begin to make a
plan for how they want to live. Waking up means realizing
we have choices about how we want to spend this one and precious
life. We start making decisions that reflect this awareness.
I woke up at age 37.
At that time, I was married, the father of two wonderful
girls, had a successful practice of psychiatry, and was becoming
a respected person in my community. Until then, I had done
what my parents, my genes and my compliant nature had led
me to do: good student, solid citizen, not much flair, not
much trouble. I had some trials. My sister’s suicide
when I was 25 was an enormous trauma, and might have been
a real wake up call. It wasn’t. There was medical school,
struggles in my marriage, a stint in the Army, fatherhood,
adjusting to a new community. But these were all things that
seemed to happen to me. I adjusted pretty well. But until
age 37, I didn’t feel like I initiated anything. I was
just going along for the ride.
Since age 37, I have gone about shaping the life with which
I am happy. It is my unique path, very different from the
life anyone else would have chosen. I write in hopes that
you will be able to use my story in your search for your own
chosen life. You will make choices very different from mine,
and the resulting creation will be yours alone. I hope that
these reflections may stimulate your search for the life that
you want.
GET A LIFE
THE JOY
OF A DEPRESSED MOTHER
OPENING MANY DOORS
GETTING COMFORTABLE
WITH ANGER
THE PATH OF MEDITATION
GIVING UP CONTROL
MARRIAGE AS
A CHANGE AGENT
STRUCTURES
THAT SUPPORT LIFE
VERMONT AND NATURE
TO HELL WITH DIGNITY
COMPANIONS ON THE
ROAD
DOUBLE VISION
WHAT SHAPES LIFE
DISMANTLING SELF
TOLERATING GOD’S
LOVE
MAKING FRIENDS WITH
GOD
LIFE’S RULES
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