“Build your house of safety with determination. Then take it all apart with joyful trust.” Dougall Fraser is a popular psychic. I spoke with him a couple of times about how he “reads” people. He explained to me how he gets imagery flashing in the corner of his eye and...

Winter. I am way out in the wilderness. Windswept. Desolate. A vast horizon. There is snow and mud on the ground. It is cold. I am sitting here in the mud and snow. Alone in this vast swath of Nature. I am very still. A lone gray wolf walks up to me and checks me out....

For over a decade I’ve had brand new books appear to me in dreams that had strange and compelling titles and covers. The books would make me feel warm and happy and inspired just thinking about them. I wanted to purchase these books and looked everywhere but could not...

I am walking through Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle on a beautiful summer morning. A gorgeous sunny day. Temperature in the low 70’s. A cool light breeze blowing in off Puget Sound. It’s quiet here amongst all the old brick buildings. There are a few tourists here...

I was born a builder and over the years I built myself a house made of bricks. It was solid. Substantial. Safe. Not something the big bad wolf was ever going to blow down! Each and every brick had a name and a purpose. There are bricks of schooling and education....

Just curious…do you somehow KNOW through dreams or intuition or gut feelings when a relationship in your life is coming to an end? Years ago, I was a single dad with full time custody of my 2 young children. At that time, I had made a lot of close friendships with...

I’m arriving at a retreat center at the edge of the mountains on a lonely saltwater bay on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. It is quiet and peaceful here. I’ve arrived early and intend to stay for a full week. It is Sunday morning, and the folks who were...

I’m playing one on one basketball in a huge public park with a young man. The ball is a bit flat, so I tell him I’m going to find a pump and put some more air in the ball. As I walk through the park, I feel sort of listless and dejected. I’m tired of playing...

I’m with a bunch of friends in line for a Jane’s Addiction concert. My life has been so routine and boring lately and I’m looking for a shot of adrenalin! I’m psyched! I get to the front of the line and a man asks for my concert ticket and my ID. I hand him my ticket...

I’m a philosophy teacher here at this large university here in California. Lots of sun, Spanish style roofs and white stucco. Flowers and beauty everywhere. Really a paradise. I have been teaching here for a very long time. I like the school, the campus and the...