Laura Smith Writer

Category: Nonfiction

  • Separation Anxiety

    I took care of a little dog this weekend that exhibited the symptoms of separation anxiety, scratching at the door, barking and peeing when left alone. I could relate to that little canine (minus the peeing), whenever I become separate from my Higher Source I become a little crazy too. My symptoms are slightly different,…

  • When life hands us lemons

    we are supposed to make lemonade, right? Have you ever had lemonade made merely from lemons? Pretty disgusting. If I am going to make lemonade, or the best of a situation, I need two additional ingredients for a stellar brew, sugar (gratitude) and water (God). If I have a daily spiritual practice which involves God…

  • That where there is doubt, I may bring faith

    I doubt, I always doubt. I am standing on the edge of a cliff, fog rolling in, the sounds of waves crashing against rock in the distance. Do I take a step? My doubt comes out of fear, fear is the root of all I do, or do not attempt. I am currently unemployed without…

  • The Spirituality of Play

    Remember what it was like to be a kid, pumping legs, the swing going higher and higher, until that feeling…hair trailing through dirt. The merry-go-round, being dizzy as a friend pushed harder and harder, finally jumping on when the legs couldn’t go any faster. Freeze tag, toilet tag, redlight greenlight… As a child most of…

  • McDreamy Revisited

    I admit it, I am now completely powerless over “Grey’s Anatomy” and my life has become unmanageable. At least I waited to watch this series until after I completed my final semester of school. The most dangerous words as of late are “next episode.” Thank you Netflix for being my pusher. What sucks me into…

  • That where there is error, I may bring truth

    Tricky, especially since I am always right, but just who am I to say that there is an error? Where there is error within me, then and only then can I bring truth, and only internally. There is nothing that gets my juices flowing more than a good debate, especially with fundamentalists. The problem with…

  • That where there is discord, I may bring harmony

    The other translated line of this prayer reads “unity” instead of harmony. I will stick with the version of the prayer I have been using until this point. The word “discord” has multiple meanings according to the dictionary, a lack of agreement between people or ideas, quarreling, or in musical terns, dissonance, or lack of…

  • That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness

    Forgiveness is hard. Period. I don’t think that it is something I can think my way into either, it needs to come from the heart. I am good at lying to myself, and when I just think I am over a “wrong” done to me, the resentment will pop up someplace else in my life.…