Zoe

  I am a man who struggles. I am over weight. I am prone to fits of anxiety. I have emotions that often swing wildly out of control. I am prone to dysthymia (a long term - low grade depression). I lack social understanding. My life is beset by the permanent spectre of loss that haunts me since the day my father left the earth. I am beset by doubt. I have plenty set against me, this is the truth.  Yet having said all that I am also filled with joy, gratitude and hope. I love my family and have a soul that yearns for beauty and seeks it out. I have developed skills and talents to handle problems and to create so much beauty. I have a wife and children who tell me every day that they love me. I have a house, a car and any amenity my heart desires (within reason). I survived one of the greatest disastrous of the past 100 years and came out better than when I went in. So this leaves me with the question of, "why." In my heart the only answer is forgiveness.  The words of one o...

 I have decided to create a new blog. The blog is called Zoe. This is a Greek word for the divine life of God. The intention of this blog is to post things that are more of a general comment on life. My other blog had more of a sense of family, while this one is more of a "what gets you up and going." My hope is that in reading my posts that you will find some wisdom that will allow you to hope. Perhaps in inspiring you, I will also inspire me.