Musing about rhythms leads me to name similar ideas, like cycles, habits, traditions, seasons, practices… Maybe you have a neighbor who’s always first to decorate for Halloween….an uncle who lives for The World Series….a son who can’t wait for band practice to begin. Maybe you live for Rosh Hashanah or Thanksgiving. What enters your mind … [Read more...]
Heal into Your Light
After a Journaling to Joy participant reads her response to the given prompt, the next reader says hers can’t compare, before she shares, which, naturally, is completely different, authentically hers, and just right. Comparing. Comparisons. Oh, my…yes. How many times have we belittled our own contribution before making it in a group? … [Read more...]
Untangle Your Brambles
Walking down the hill behind our home to collect more black walnuts, a vine grabs my leg. I shake it off, continuing. Then as I search the ground to add nuts to my pail, I find myself in a thicket of reedy plants, with the occasional thorn catching my shirt. Tangles. Brambles. Thorns. As I head up the hill with a full bucket of … [Read more...]
Love Yourself More Deeply
Rescuing the Indian corn from further attacks by squirrels and birds, Ben harvested a metaphor. In the colorful array, I see us - all varieties of beauty shining as we’re able, caring for ourselves, and doing the best we can at any given time. Raise your hand if you’ve deepened or loosened the ways you address your personal care. It can … [Read more...]
Don’t Take Anything Personally
I love it. The month that I attend a book study on The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Be Impeccable with Your Word, Don’t Take Anything Personally, Don’t Make Assumptions, and Always Do Your Best), it feels like a dear friend of mine has put up an impenetrable wall, an illusion of separation I feel so strongly. Has this happened to you, … [Read more...]
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