“Fully absorbed, graciously witnessing, or open and spacious —which of these lenses is the best way to practice awareness? Is there an optimal way to pay attention? The answer is ‘all of the above.’” ~ jack kornfield While walking in the woods I gave way to the moment and opened up my mind […]
BLOG 2 (PERSONAL)
Powerful You
“Only one person can make your journey. No one person can impede your journey. Perhaps it is time to stop asking others to be responsible for our journey, and find that which is inside our ownSoul. We are the change. Do not give away your Power. Not today. And never again. The Power of which […]
Ready to be Powerful?
“Time and space are not conditions of existence, time and space is a model for thinking.” ~albert einstein Looking forward to a new and rich life! Looking backward toward a deep and abiding Love. I am doing this hokey-pokey dance lately and I wanted to take this moment to recognize the importance of both and […]
Hurly Burly
“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.” ~ Pema Chodron, Start Where You […]
Salvage Work
“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson. Salvage work. Picking through the wreckage to save the good bits. I have been doing salvage work for the past 4 years. Now I look around to see the world in front of me because I […]
Living a Successful Life: My Curriculum
“Samsara” watercolor, 8×10 by Lani Chaves “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” ~ Meister Eckhart Imperfection, Life Balance, Impermanence, Curiosity, Empathy, Self-Motivation, The Present Moment, Positivity, Serenity, and Personal Boundaries. This self-designated curriculum includes these areas of study. I am actively working on understanding – on a deeper level – all of these ideas. […]
Right Work
“Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.”~Napoleon Hill Finding right work is the task of a lifetime. This is NOT the task defined in my youth – as a job, employment, a thing you do to survive. There is another kind of work, a more person-specific way to employ some of one’s allotted […]
Friendships
“There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.” ~hafiz This evening, as the cool gray dusk silently deepens to a navy blue night I find myself feeling happy, peaceful, and more healed than ever. Good memories of Carlton’s warm morning marigold egg yolks in […]
Florence, Italy
“…keep your mind and heart open. Growth occurs most readily when you are willing to RECEIVE.” ~ Vedic text I am all packed up! Been saying good-bye to Florence all day! pic.twitter.com/UtLBQfkJFr “The Duomo” Photographed lovingly at dawn. Tomorrow I begin the Pisa portion of this potential adventure! I spent 5 hours in the Uffizi […]
Excited by Abundance
“It’s opener there, in the wide open air.” ~Dr. Seuss When I ruminate on how many possibilities exist for this day or this life – my senses are no longer dulled. The longer I sit and quietly embody POSSIBILITY the more I cannot wait to see how this life will unfold. The vastness of trust […]
With Disorder Comes Grace
Strength comes from struggle. When you learn to see your struggles as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from “I can’t do this” too “I must do this.” ~toni sorenson I am seeing ahead of me another tumultuous time of change in this life of mine. “Tumult” is defined as “a time […]
Creating Freedom
“The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It cannot be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.” ~ram dass I am involved in Trusting. This idea, Trusting that things are unfolding for the highest good of myself and others, requires my active participation. Especially when […]
