July 2010

Attachement + Control = Suffering

July 16, 2010

I could’ve kept sleeping this morning.  I’m so tired.  My body aches.  It was difficult going to sleep…again.  I don’t know how to ascend this weariness.  Sometimes I get frightened about being tired.  I get frightened because I have had issues of chronic pain for years, though I am much better.  Sleep is a fundamental [...]

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Gratitude Heals

July 15, 2010

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.”  Meister Eckhart I have much to be thankful for.  Today I am especially thankful for dear friends who are visiting from up north. There are so many blessings in my life.  Sometimes I am overwhelmed by them all.  They [...]

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The Other Silence

July 14, 2010

“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us.  Not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal.  The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are.  We are all hungry for this other [...]

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Expansive Moments

July 13, 2010

The night before I was singing with the nurses in the oncology treatment room, I was with daddy at his home.  It was late and I had gone to bed.  Daddy was still awake and I could see the light from his office shining beneath my door.  I watched that light so I would know [...]

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Tell Me Something Good

July 12, 2010

The other day, I sat with daddy in the chemo treatment room, full of patients, family, friends, and medical staff.  The staff is friendly and warm.  They understand the seriousness of this disease; they do not make light of it but they do bring light to it. While I was helping daddy to the restroom [...]

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Be Still Car Wash

July 9, 2010

When I pulled up to the coffee shop, I noticed a sign next door:  Be Still Car Wash.  I thought it odd, then saw a bible verse written below the name:  Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God.”  I chuckled.  Such an interesting name for a car wash. I began thinking about [...]

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Tossing and Turning

July 8, 2010

“Think enough and you won’t know anything.”  Kenneth Patchen I’m sitting at the bar in Einstein Bros Bagels in Augusta GA drinking a cappuccino breve with an extra shot of espresso.  Sounds of air-conditioning, refrigerator, coffee machines, people chattering, and the groove of electronic music overwhelm and dull.  I already have a hangover from sleeping [...]

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The Practice of Discipline

July 7, 2010

The Kingfisher dove suddenly from the tall pine.  I heard his chatter just before he launched.  I looked up to witness the bird tumble toward the water, submerge for a split second, then rise with ease.  He plunged with resolve and precision.  I had been glancing up at him from my float while he sat [...]

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Transitions

July 6, 2010

Didn’t sleep well.  Awoke at 3am.  Still awake at 5.  Drift back to sleep.  Alarm sounds at 6, waking me in frustration.  Get up to bring in the horses.  I don’t see them.  They are at the top of the pasture, so I hoof it up there.  Water buckets soaking in pine sol in the [...]

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Independence

July 5, 2010

“Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.” Thomas Paine “I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.” Alexis de [...]

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