The Quest for Truth: Bye-Bye Seeker

What are you seeking? Most everyone is looking for something: more material stuff, better health or improved looks, a way to get ahead (legally or not), happiness and peace (however you define it), revenge, the fountain of youth, a way to be okay, a way to escape the pains of life, a more humane world, …

Masks of Pain: Unraveling Our Stories of Worth

The Phantom of the Opera is a favorite of mine. I identified, not with Christine, but with the Phantom, with the one who hid pain behind the mask. I didn’t want to see Christine choose a healthy love; I was silently hoping that she would choose the unlovable monster. I guess it isn’t a surprise …