by Monika Carless | Nov 17, 2015 | Musings
Every act of war is an act of ego. It has been said that every act of war is purely about man’s greed, and a desire for wealth and power…a need to be right. I’m certainly not saying anything new in that statement, nor something that isn’t...
by Monika Carless | Nov 17, 2015 | Musings
In an update to my earlier post in elephant journal about John Lennon’s song “Imagine” being my go-to in times of despair, I have added two videos where both Coldplay and the Paris Piano man cover the song for a hurting city. See the videos here, and...
by Monika Carless | Nov 14, 2015 | Musings
I wish that I had answers. Reading through all the news about the attacks in Paris, and processing as fast as my heart will allow, I realize that I do not know the way to peace. Although I have often quoted these words, and I believe them on a cellular level—“there is...
by Monika Carless | Oct 22, 2015 | Musings
“Accept yourself as you are. And that is the most difficult thing in the world, because it goes against your training, education, your culture.” ~ Osho Some years ago, when I was making my first attempts at coming out as bisexual, I had an honest conversation with...
by Monika Carless | Oct 20, 2015 | Musings
When I was a child, I dreamed of something completely out of reach. Every spare moment I had was devoted to lucid and nighttime dreams of the day I would be a writer. In my naïve way, I believed that when one became an adult, dreams magically became reality. And that...
