by Sandra Lee Dennis | May 1, 2014 | Awareness, Betrayal, Love, Spirituality, Surrender
Happiness has become an obsession, a fad. Last year, more than 1,000 new books were released on Amazon.com alone on the subject. I know I caught the fever and was deep in the middle of my own “Happiness Project,” complete with hours of daily...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Apr 16, 2014 | Awareness, Spirituality
Ordinarily we tend to cruise along the surface of life. Skimming by on the surface, we are less apt to feel the pain that goes along with being human. But we also miss the mystery, beauty and sacredness that come from our depths. Most of us have so accustomed...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Dec 5, 2013 | Betrayal, broken heart, Love and Betrayal, Spirituality
The soul harbors a fierce passion for the Divine. When we mistake the mundane for the spiritual, we court addiction to love. To whomever or whatever we believe can satisfy this longing of the soul. The deepest desires of the heart then get attached to that person,...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jun 8, 2013 | Betrayal, Loneliness, Love and Betrayal, Spirituality
“Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly; let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you, as few human or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft, my voice so tender, my need of God absolutely...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Mar 15, 2013 | Ego Defenses, Healing, Love, Spirituality, Surrender
Is trying to be a consistently loving person doomed to failure? Did you ever notice the more open-hearted and loving you feel one day, the more likely you are to be sullen and irritable the next? I have seen these frustrating swings in myself for years. Just when I...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Mar 8, 2013 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Crisis, Love, Love and Betrayal, Rejection, Relationships, Shock, Spirituality, Trauma
I was surprised to learn that “What is love?” was the most searched phrase on Google in 2012. It is one of those questions we can never really answer, but can use to guide our lives, in the sense Rilke suggested of “living the question.” Asking the...
