Margery Williams' book is filled with meaning, and continues to speak to the hearts of children and adults nearly a century later. Her message is even more apropos in today's age. The soul of the story is about finding purpose, and your meaningful place in the world. It is about learning that reality springs from the space that exists in your own heart, and finding that these discoveries of the self are the things that are real. One of life's extraordinary gifts can be finding the truth of yourself. And after that realization comes, for some of us, a great deal of work.  

I created this digital space to help keep me true to that work of the self. I feel very blessed to have had a waking to the "stuff of real". This living chronicle of this part of my journey I felt should be shared with others, although it is also intended as a tool to help keep me working toward greater self-actualization. It is an evolving story and documentation of what I hope to be meaningful transformation. This is one person's "real time accounting" of the efforts one takes to uncover more of what is at the heart of oneself. 

A few years ago I ventured out of my comfort zone and started a line of professional training that I knew was a little risky, not to mention expensive. The growth and development that sprang from that led me to an even bolder personal stretch, and a year after that I took the next leap and started creative writing classes. Both jumps were terrifying in their own way. They have each also proven to be some of the most transformative experiences of my life. One of the more inspirational events that occurred during those writing classes was a poem that sprung out of nowhere as I completed my second class. It helped me to more fully understand that we can surprise ourselves, and that the universe will help us do that.

I took stock and realized that many of the problems I experience and they seem to share some kind of common thread. And while I know that somehow at their heart they are interconnected, I'm not quite sure yet what links them all together. I share many of the struggles that I hear from my friends, the ones that are far too common in our western culture. Too much debt, too much weight, too lazy, too socially isolated, too neurotic, too disconnected at times from the things that really matter. Frankly, I'm tired of listening to the whining inside my own mind that keeps me from finding greater personal truth. This site is here to help combat the whining. 

This is a place for navel gazing as well as for action. Under each of the pages I'll lay out the nature of a particular problem I'm nattering away at, what I'm doing to work on it, and will be a record of the events and thoughts that transpire along the way. Maybe you'll find some ideas, or perhaps inspiration in someone sharing the same frustrations as you. Hopefully you will be entertained, or have some insights or ideas of your own to share. Please do share as much as you would like. Posts not sharing the goal of mutual development, understanding and interpersonal communion will be removed at my discretion. This is my first "online" site experience, so bear with me during the growing pains!