Archive for May, 2009

The feeling is stacked with a cocktail of emotions brandishing their wares on a daily gut-wrenching basis. The trial is finally here and so many seem to have forgotten its many lessons, while others have jumped back aboard this amazing trail of tragedy and redemption. For me, it’s been a flashback into presence and past, [...]

Since the start of the Jesse James Hollywood trial, needless to say, we have received some amazing letters and notes and comments. Some have been filled with hatred, while others have been amazingly positive and upbeat. Some, such as the one I have attached below, were so thoughtful, I felt the need to sit down, [...]

We sit down and we go through life and we make observations. Based on what we see or hear or the way it makes us feel, we have been conditioned to make judgments upon others, to label people and things in our minds’ eye. Our egos need this to classify what we perceive, to shelve [...]

Any idea what your most powerful moment is? Was it yesterday, last week, the day you were born? Or could it be in the future: tomorrow, next year, or the day we return to our maker? Jesse James Hollywood never really figured out the answer to this question. Nor do most others. You can tell by [...]

I often wonder what might have been had Jesse James Hollywood understood what surrendering is really all about. I don’t mean the kind where you give up and raise the white flag. Exchange prisoners and turn to a civilian lifestyle after the bodies have been burned and the nightmares buried. I’m talking about accepting what [...]