If I were 22 again I would tell myself, “Life has so many graduations for you. Enjoy this one from University and know there will be many more ahead!” I would want to take the pressure, which I personally placed on my own shoulders, off – so I could enjoy all the moment had to […]
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“When I Grew Out of…”
“When you feel peaceful joy, that is when you are near truth” ~rumi I smiled when a friend used this phrase in an email recently,“When I grew out of…” It reminded me that, even after the age of 50, we do grow out of things. It let me know that whatever I am going through right […]
APRIL’S FOOL – and Every Other Month for that Matter!
“The words you speak become the house you live in.” ~Hafiz It happened again. I felt really small again and all my accomplishments-to-date were negated by my judgemental mind. I cannot tell you how it started. All I know is one minute I was having a great day then I felt it melt away. It […]
Becoming Wide and Open
“Your beliefs become your thoughts Your thoughts become your wordsYour words become your actionsYour actions become your habitsYour habits become your characterYour character becomes your destiny” ~mohandas ghandi There is an energy that is spoiling my peace. It crackles and shifts the silence within me. And deep down and all through everything I know – I know this […]
Good Grief
“You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation… and that it is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.” ~hermann hesse Grief has sculpted me over […]
How Do I Achieve Inner Peace?
When I read these words to myself, sometimes on a daily basis, I become stronger in my belief that Change and Peace are on the same continuum and they always start (and end) inside of me. “My whole being works best when I am able to achieve EQUANIMITY in life. I thrive when things are NOT tipped […]
Clarity: A Master Class
“What you are, and who you are should provide greater clarity about where you have been and where you are headed. Although one distinguishes spiritual from physical nature, the ultimate unification of the two is the consequence of the struggle for internal, external and eternal – peace.” ~t.f. hodge Clarity really messes up everything I […]
A Daily Practice
“Fish live in streams Birds nest in trees Human beings dwell In warm hearts.” ~Japanese folk Zen saying Keeping my heart open is the plan for the day. It is the plan for everyday. It is a mantra, a philosophy, a way of life. Keeping my heart open allows all my periodic fears to be […]
A Teaching Creme Brûlée
“I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon.”― Charlotte Brontë I am no innocent bystander. Everything I do, say, think and believe affects my life. I had a teaching creme brûlée last nite. I knew it was OK to order it, but I did not pay enough attention to the description on the menu. […]
Turning the Corner
“…while the voice of social conditioning manifests itself as a stream of thoughts in the head, wisdom often appears as emotions or physical sensations in the body.” ~martha beck Unfoldment Rough hune husks fall away Making tender tendrils shown Creeping vines and shoots gather In a storm of awakening I am anew I am crossing […]
Fallen
Fallen I am wounded I am weak I am not alone. Scooped up Made warm and welcome Earth dug deep with candles lit Your love nourishes me. Gracious nestling In your family’s home, your heart, your lives, your land. Just now this way I am safe I can crow I am made stronger in your […]
Hurdles – Present and Past
I have a thirsty fish in methat can never find enough of what it’s thirsty for!~ Rumi This was my father. He passed away 5 days ago. He was 75 and I loved him very much and I know he loved me. And even though I have 2 years experience in the grief department and because I […]
