When I return from my Mother’s Day walk, Ben asks about it. I pet a small frog in the road…inhaled the scent of lilacs…paused near huge Rhododendrons, adding beauty to my heart…I love them...can we plant a Rhododendron here? What strikes me as I reflect a few days later is that I was present to the glory of the natural world on Sunday’s walk. I … [Read more...]
Clearing External and Internal Clutter
How often have you mentioned to a friend that you’re clearing out an area of your home? She or he listens, relating with ease, for many of us have a bit of clutter around. We may have items from our children, or boxes of photos from a parent who’s passed away. Or maybe we bought too many items at some point, and we’re out of balance with how … [Read more...]
Radically Connect
When my neighbor and I connect by Ben’s garden between our homes, the topic arises that she’s seen families interacting with their own phones while seated at a table together in a restaurant. We wonder about the missing connection during their shared time out. And my neighbor has concerns that so much time connecting with screens affects … [Read more...]
Breathe into Your Being
I wonder how much more beauty our world can hold. As I understand it, the amount is limitless. All it takes is for each one of us to heal into our God-realized selves. We can be immature adults, or we can breathe into our highest selves, being the whole, holy ones our planet’s been waiting for. We can be the generations who say no more … [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...]
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