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Grace and Gravity

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

“Find the thought which is your great oppressor; find the King-Pin. In the logging camps in the Spring, the logs are sent down the rivers in great numbers. Sometimes the logs become crossed and cause a jam; the men look for the log causing the jam (they call it the King-Pin), straighten it, and the logs […]

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Paris, sisterhood and new experiences. The beginning of our trip began with many threats – a strike by French Air traffic controllers, a strike by taxis in Paris and a country wide heat wave. There could not have been a less auspicious start to our holiday abroad! So I got a little informed. I spent […]

https://lanichaves.com/2018/597/

Why are You in My Way?

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

“If you think you are too small to make a difference…try sleeping with a mosquito in the room” ~attributed to HHDL  Why are you in my way? I get so upset when I can’t do what I want to the way I want to when I want to and how I want to! But is […]

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

I have begun to renovate. To plan how my kitchen will look I have to imagine how it will feel to have the cooktop in front  with my sink to my back. How does this feel? Am I OK with that? I am imagining what it looks like and asking myself questions. I am really just building […]

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…best friends!

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

“Everyone has a guide into the cosmos (animus) and one into the heart (anima). Don’t do it all yourself. Let the guides sing.” ~thomas moore Hey Spatchcocked Chicken, Sorry I could not help you get hooked up with a realtor. So what about your sister? With all of her clients, is not one of them […]

Compassion

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” ~dalai lama Here is another compelling voice, that of Jim Lockard. His is some mighty robust thinking. In this piece he manages to  take an old idea, Compassion, and make it brand-spanking-new again! CAN COMPASSION LEAD US TO “A WORLD THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE”? http://wp.me/p6DwNO-ec 

Firewalking 101

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

What becomes of a Firewalker one week later? Yes, you heard me right, “I have walked on fire.” It was a New Years Day thing to do. It was a lovely drive in the mountains and an exciting adventure to have with my sister. It was cold and convival and strange and OK. But what […]

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Salvage work. Picking through the wreckage to save the good bits. I have been doing salvage work for the past 36 months. Now I look around to see the world infront of me because I know what is infront of me is what I am feasting on. In the rawest part of my wrecked like […]

https://lanichaves.com/2018/583/

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Yes, I thought if I got my vibrations up and made sure to keep intouch with the non-visible parts of my being I would feel better. No such luck! Just not true. This life we live gives us all sorts of experiences. And to live this life is to feel all it’s emotions.  

https://lanichaves.com/2018/581/

Tortoise as a Verb

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

What do you do with the in between time? That’s the time after one dream has left and another has yet to manifest. How is NOW properly propagated to pull yourself forward to your next dream. Well, first you have got to get a dream! What if there seems to be no dream on the […]

Judge-Mentle

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

“We treat love and hate and the other emotions like they are all on the same level, but they’re not. Hate, fear, lust, greed, jealousy – all that comes from the ego. Only love comes from the soul. When you identify with your soul, you live in a loving universe. The soul loves everybody. It’s […]

Pain into Champagne

November 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

“I am going to tell story with great meaning. I am going to make you cry, then make you laugh.” ~ me to myself after dreaming strange things. I keep hearing “Turn Pain into Champagne.” Heard it a while back over a period of a few days. And then there was this dream this morning. In […]

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Lani received a B.F.A from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1986 and earned a B.A in Art Education from NCCU in 2000.
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