by Jeanan Glazier | May 1, 2018 | Luminous Wisdom Articles
Coming to a Conclusion I have come to the conclusion that awareness is everything. This isn’t a new idea. In fact, it is ancient. However, it is the way events unfold in our lives that determines our familiarity with and acceptance of ancient principles and truths. My...
by Jeanan Glazier | Apr 1, 2018 | Luminous Wisdom Articles
One Foot Over the Rim After my mother died, a company with whom my husband and I do business called me. They wanted to arrange a time to deliver something to our home. The next afternoon, one of their associates brought us a beautiful, white orchid. This associate had...
by Jeanan Glazier | Mar 1, 2018 | Luminous Wisdom Articles
Filling the Crater It’s been a year and a half since my mother died and I plummeted into an emotional crater. However, I’m starting to peep over the edge and it’s because of something that happened over the holidays. My sister and her family visited with us. During...
by Jeanan Glazier | Feb 1, 2018 | Luminous Wisdom Articles
Triggers Triggers are everywhere. After a death, the sense of smell can be either a big problem or a big relief depending on where a person is in the grief process. Examples that many people can identify with include suddenly sniffing the air around you because you’re...
by Jeanan Glazier | Jan 1, 2018 | Luminous Wisdom Articles
Stripped Down I went away to the woods, stayed a month and finished a manuscript. The time became an adventure in stripping down to essentials. The most obvious example was the landscape itself. Winter leached out its summer and autumn appearance. The closer and...
by Jeanan Glazier | Dec 1, 2017 | Luminous Wisdom Articles
The Metaphor I am surrounded by metaphors. During the first week of my sojourn in the place of great and timeless beauty, I saw autumn changes in the landscape and I was reminded timeless does not mean standing still. The first weekend I was here, a storm swept...