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 THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness

THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness

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  • My Healing Journey

    “During a nervous breakdown in my early twenties, at the time of the John F. Kennedy assassination, I stumbled into a labyrinth of life that few have ever experienced.”

    RMDell’Orfano

    April 3, 2024
    Wellness
    cost of Christian discipleship, jfk assassination, leonardo Da vincie, metanoia, nervous breakdown, penniless pilgrimage, rebirth, Vietnam War, Yale Graduate school
  • His Money for My Life

    A sharply dressed heir seeks investment advice from a man kneeling in the dirt, plucking caterpillars into a jar—revealing a deeper divide between wealth and a life lived with purpose.

    RMDell’Orfano

    April 22, 2026
    Autobio
    caterpillars, Chapter 43, contemplation, discipline, garden scene, investment philosophy, memoir excerpt, Path Perilous, real estate insight, rural life, San Marcos, simple living, spiritual vs material, tomato garden, wealth contrast
  • Down and Couldn’t Get Up

    A rainstorm ride turns violent when a crash leaves him stranded in traffic—until one stranger steps out of the line and changes everything.

    RMDell’Orfano

    April 15, 2026
    Autobio
    bicycle crash, Divine Intervention, guardian angel, hardship and faith, human kindness, life turning point, memoir excerpt, miracle rescue, Mission Road, rainstorm accident, real life crisis, San Marcos California, spiritual memoir, survival story
  • The Truth … Crucified

    A young man living on the edge of poverty in 1970s San Diego takes a graveyard dishwasher job and witnesses injustice against vulnerable workers. When he speaks out, he loses everything—discovering firsthand what it means to suffer for truth.

    RMDell’Orfano

    April 8, 2026
    Autobio
    dignity of work, ethical conflict, faith under pressure, immigrant labor, memoir excerpt, moral courage, Path Perilous, poverty and survival, sacrifice and consequence, San Diego 1970, social inequality, speaking truth, spiritual journey, standing up for others, workplace injustice
  • No One Wants to Hear This

    A Catholic reflection on the Church’s real crisis: not external threats, but the loss of interior life, silence, and true spiritual transformation.

    RMDell’Orfano

    April 3, 2026
    Mysticism, Religion, Uncategorized
    Catholic Church, Catholic commentary, Catholic renewal, Christian spirituality, Church crisis, contemplation, Contemplative Outreach, ecclesial reform, Faith and Culture, holiness, inner transformation, interior life, media influence, modern culture, monastic spirituality, New Oxford Review, prayer life, silence and prayer, Spiritual Formation, technology and faith, Thomas Keating, Trappist spirituality
  • The Yellow Death Trap

    On a Mexican cliffside road with no guardrail, a packed bus meets an oncoming truck—metal scraping, gravel shifting, and nowhere to go.

    RMDell’Orfano

    April 1, 2026
    Autobio
    bus accident, Catholic themes, cliffside danger, fear and faith, intuition, life or death moment, memoir excerpt, mexico travel, mountain road, near death experience, Path Perilous, prayer under pressure, real life danger, survival, travel risk
  • One Small Step, One Giant Leap

    A lone traveler crosses into rural Mexico and walks into a silent valley where faith, solitude, and stark beauty converge. In a forgotten village and forest of obsidian, he confronts modern distraction, ancient ritual, and a turning point that reshapes his spiritual path.

    RMDell’Orfano

    March 25, 2026
    Autobio
    apollo 11 analogy, catholic imagery, coca cola symbolism, contemplative life, faith vs modernity, guadalajara, jalisco, la primavera village, mexico travel, Mystical Experience, obsidian, one small step, personal transformation, pilgrimage, rio caliente health spa, rosary prayer, rural mexico, silence and solitude, spiritual journey
  • UPDATE: The Samson Option

    Netanyahu is trying to annihalate the Iranian government. If they are in such danger, then there are no limits.

    RMDell’Orfano

    March 21, 2026
    Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
    The Samson Option
  • Compensatory Sainthood

    We fund statues, celebrate heroes, and ignore the truth. Why societies create saints—and what it costs when the myth collapses.

    RMDell’Orfano

    March 19, 2026
    Politics, Psychology, Religion
    American history, cancel culture, Cesar Chavez, civil rights movement, cultural icons, ethics and society, groupthink, hero worship, historical revisionism, institutional abuse, labor movement, leadership accountability, Martin Luther King Jr, media narratives, moral hypocrisy, myth making, political commentary, political myths, power and corruption, public monuments, public trust, secular sainthood, social justice, social psychology
  • Now I Am Become Death— the Destroyer of Worlds

    A lone two-lane desert road stretches toward a vanishing horizon beneath a threatening sky, as a swirling dust cloud rises and sparse flora—creosote, yucca, and cactus—line the silent, perilous path.

    RMDell’Orfano

    March 18, 2026
    Autobio
    American Southwest, cactus cross shape, cereus cactus, cinematic landscape, cracked asphalt, creosote bush, desert flora, desert road, desert storm, dust cloud, empty road, foreboding sky, foxtail grass, isolation, journey, spiritual journey, storm sky, two-lane highway, vanishing horizon, yucca plant
  • The ‘Colored Only’ Fountain

    In 1969, passing through Atlanta on a Greyhound bus, I drank from a fountain marked “Colored Only”—and waited to see what would happen.

    RMDell’Orfano

    March 11, 2026
    Autobio
    Abraham, American South, Atlanta, civil rights, Combat Zone Boston, conscience, Florida journey, Genesis, Greyhound bus, leaving home, Martin Luther King Jr., racial injustice, segregation, spiritual pilgrimage
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THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness

The Literary Portfolio of R. M. Dell’Orfano.

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