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The Blessings of Chronic Pain

July 29, 2010

I love being so physically active—even in the 100 degree heat.  I’m amazed that the Georgia heat doesn’t bother me.  I thought I’d have a difficult time adjusting from the northeast to the southheat but it is clear that my body is made for this kind of weather.  My skin has turned a rich dark [...]

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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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Dreams | Pay Close Attention

June 23, 2010

A couple of years ago, I had a dream about old friends, the friends I mentioned yesterday.  We had been out of touch for over a decade.  There was a way in which I needed that time away.  I was making life-transforming changes that were rocking my world.  I needed the time and space to [...]

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Make an Aquaintance

May 14, 2010

“As long as I live I’ll hear the birds and the winds and the waterfalls sing. I’ll interpret the rocks and learn the language of flood and storm and avalanche. I’ll make the acquaintance of the wild gardens and the glaciers and get as near to the heart of this world as I could. And [...]

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Empty Mind

May 12, 2010

I caught a glimpse of an idea for today’s post but weariness blurred it.   It’s the good kind of weariness.  The kind that leaves you sore and tired, but happy.  Do you know the feeling? My brain is rather empty…well, partially.  It’s nice because my mind is often overactive.  I practice meditation and yoga to [...]

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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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Disoriented in the Woods

April 16, 2010

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that I get a tad confused about my path while walking in the woods—ever since the snow melted.  I remember that I had the same problem for a few days when the snow first fell.  I don’t get lost, but the path simply isn’t as clear.  The [...]

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She Jumped the Tracks

April 14, 2010
Honesdale Train

While I am quite excited about moving near family and old friends again, I confess to feeling somewhat apprehensive.  I left GA 25 years ago.  I am not the same person I was then. When I left Augusta in 1985, I moved to SC to work at a church as the assitant to the youth [...]

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Splashing Inside My Chest

March 30, 2010

When the ocean surges, don’t let me just hear it.  Let it splash inside my chest! Rumi I think of all the times that I have missed experiencing life deeply; all the times that life flirts with me, invites me, asks me to dance, and I fail to notice.  I don’t notice because I’m distracted, [...]

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Letting Go

March 3, 2010

This Blue Jay seems to be grasping the branch with all his might.  When he grasps so tightly, he has to place all of his focus right there upon that which he grasps, thus, his focus becomes very small and limited. When I am grasping, clutching, clinging to something, whether onto a belief, idea, person, [...]

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