This morning, I move plants multiple times to catch sunny spots through the windows. I muse about the last weeks of Dad’s life when he asked to move near me. And once he was here, it wasn’t working. So he asked me to move him back to his Charlotte house. Oh, my. So much in me was tired from the spur-of-the-moment journey moving Dad … [Read more...]
Massage the Soil of Your Soul
My partner Ben nurtures the soil of his vegetable garden with free manure available at a nearby forest. His love for gardening lives inside his ancestry, his genes, and his heart, making these sunny days of early spring a gift to Ben’s soul. He’s seriously in heaven fiddling around outside this time of year, picking rocks from the garden, … [Read more...]
See Life Through Clear Windows
Heating water for tea this morning, I muse about Presence, the theme this week in the Circle of Joy.* My mind drifts to those times I viewed my life through foggy windows, like the steamy windows I notice as Ben cooks up a specialty. Looking through steamy windows, the view isn’t clear. There definitely were times in my life I wasn’t truly … [Read more...]
Streamline Yourself!
I love this tree that’s taken such an interesting shape! I wonder how it happened. It appears to be stripped down to its barest needs, radiating now as a sentinel of individuality. A sentinel of individuality. I’m pretty sure that’s how we are designed. Like snowflakes. And flowers. Sentinels of individuality! The key … [Read more...]
Doubt is Just Fear Talking
A dear friend and I re-connected on the phone last night after a couple of busy months. This morning, a comment she made echoes inside me…the one about having doubt. I’ll change her name, responding with an open letter here. Dear Rebecca, It was wonderful talking with you last night. One thing you said rattles inside my mind and heart this … [Read more...]
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