Dear friends, These darker days of winter are mirrored in some dark days for our country, the Earth, and it's awesome array of beings. In Buddhism, there is a teaching that says the ten thousand joys and the ten thousand sorrows exist side by side, and we are asked to embrace it all. For me, you … Continue reading A New Year’s Bouquet of Songs, 2022
Emotional Healing
Mafia Hit Man Transforms
by John Bell For years in the 1970s I taught ongoing peer counseling classes in my home in Harlem. A woman we will call Ellen (the names of the two characters have been changed to honor confidentiality and safety.) had been in one of these classes for about a year. The class was a multi-racial … Continue reading Mafia Hit Man Transforms
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