April 2010

And We’re Off!

April 30, 2010

And we’re off, like a herd of turtles in a cloud of peanut butter!  My mother used to say that.  I still smile every time I quote her. Today we’re heading south–to middle Georgia.  Who’d thunk!  We’ll make it half way to Blacksburg, VA.  We’ll visit dear friends there for a day and then drive [...]

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Letting Go of Expectations

April 28, 2010

The pups and I were walking in the woods the other day, as we often do.  It was cold and windy here in northeast PA.  It seemed more winter than spring, so when something rustled in the leaves, I was startled to see a snake!  I jumped back and did my frightened little snake dance [...]

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What Do You See?

April 28, 2010

Believe it or not, this is a photo of the side of an old barn.  These are the colors that were present there. I simply ran up the saturation to emphasize those colors; otherwise, you would only see browns and grays with extremely subtle–almost undetectable–blues, reds, and yellows.  And look at the design!  I would [...]

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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

April 27, 2010

Yesterday I shared a story about a pigeon and a goat who have found a way to coexist.  I asked how we humans could stop the bickering and learn to connect.  Today, I’d like to share with you some of the ideas that have evolved for me.  Your ideas may be quite different, and I [...]

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Pigeon Panache

April 26, 2010

While taking a break from packing (we move to GA in 4 days!), I started looking through some photos from my care taking time here in northeast PA.  I came upon this photo of Missa and Brutus and had a good chuckle.  I’ll miss those goats and pigeons! Most of the pigeons scatter each morning [...]

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Caretaking as Lifestyle

April 23, 2010

Yesterday, I spoke about living a simple life.  I’ve been moving towards simplicity for a few years now.  Living simply seems to suit me.  I experience less stress and more freedom when living simply.  I have more time and energy for the things that are really important to me (like this blog, transformative coaching, spending [...]

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Freedom from Stuff

April 22, 2010

My partner and I read spiritual literature together most mornings.  We read from several books, and we love the ritual.  One of the books from which we are currently reading is Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Lao Tzu:  The Parallel Sayings edited by Richard Hooper. It often happens that we find a synchronistic connection in what we’re [...]

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Opening to the Energy

April 21, 2010
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The low-level anxiety that I’ve written about in the last couple of days has passed.  Something opened in me yesterday afternoon following a yoga therapy appointment.  Somehow I was able to let it go, perhaps because I recognized that much of what I took to be anxiety was simply a great deal of energy moving [...]

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Practice, Practice, Practice

April 20, 2010
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Yesterday, I described my insane brain.  That’s how I woke up, and it remained throughout the day, even though I tried repeatedly to take Marcie’s advice to breathe.  I experienced low-level anxiety for most of the day. It was interesting, though, and I’m not altogether bothered that I felt that way because it gave me [...]

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Insane Brain

April 19, 2010

This is what my brain looked like at 2am last night.  We are less than 2 weeks away from our move, and believe me, my brain is already moving.  For 2 hours my brain paced like a nervous race horse ready to break loose for the track–thinking of every possible scenario, good and bad, that [...]

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