A Blog by Adrienne Wallace

I am starting a series of Blogs this month which are writings that I have decided to call Truth Serum. My hope is that we end up with a number of them to which folks can relate. Drink some and feel free to share your thoughts on how it may please or displease you pallet. I'll serve glasses that are large and small. Take in what you can. * By the way, I write poetry under the pseudonymn of Spirit Child. Here is one that I wanted to share to open the series. Happy May! Hard Pill to Swallow!© YOU get wrapped up, caught up, out to pursue something new because the old skin that is you, YOU want to crawl out of. Preoccupied with something so outside of YOU YOU crawl over, on top of, up beside skin you don't know because YOU would rather have someone else touch YOU than touch yourself. Rather be in their environment than find comfort in your own. YOU are uncomfortable and their place, their facades, it makes you forget YOU have to deal with YOU YOU lie Because you think no one b...

Early last week I got to thinking about how egotistical we all are and how the dominance by the ego drives us straight to hell or rather hellish experiences. The downfall of personal relationships, the global economy, spiritual failures, professional and even physical failings are all the result of ego being in full play. Every bad thing that is happening in the world now can be attributed to horrific egos and disregard . Suffering in all of its proportions are a result of the ego on over drive. I am convinced of this because of things I have learned through my own life experience, quiet observation of others, and also from practicing and following A Course In Miracles over the years. I had someone tell me last week that he was 'looking for clarity in (his) life.' It is such a common thing to hear. People are often seeking either clarity or closure. In this case lack of clarity seems to be a reason to stay in a personal situation that is not exactly the best thing for this ...