Gratitude

Holiday Gratitude

December 20, 2010

Not what we give, But what we share, For the gift without the giver Is bare. ~James Russell Lowell Thank you, dear readers, for your love, support, and presence.  I am deeply touched and grateful.  I send you much love and light during this holiday season.  I’ll see you after Christmas! Related Posts:Happy New Year!I [...]

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Between the Seconds

December 10, 2010

“Love is there if you want it to be, you just have to see that it’s wrapped in beauty and hidden away between the seconds of your life.  If you don’t stop for a minute, you might miss it.”  Cashback, the movie. This morning I happened to glance out the sliding glass door that opens [...]

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Bringing Awareness

December 8, 2010

A white poinsettia sits before me on Daddy’s coffee table.  It is more subtle in it’s beauty than a red poinsettia, but gorgeous none the less. The rising sun spreads across the leaves with warmth and shines upon my face in greeting.  I take in the oxygen that the poinsettia releases as it takes in [...]

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White Knuckle Grip

December 7, 2010

I’m thinking of my Dad this morning.  He turns 85 on Friday.   He’s been talking about this birthday ever since he was 80.  For reasons I don’t understand, his 85th birthday is particularly important to him.  It will be especially sweet to celebrate with him after all he’s been through with the cancer.  I don’t [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 25, 2010

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.  ~Meister Eckhart Thank you, all my readers and friends; I am deeply grateful for you.  And I am grateful to and for life.  I am blessed beyond measure. I would love to hear what you are grateful for on [...]

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Ride the Wave

November 12, 2010

I breathe with ease today and with deep gratitude.  My sweet little grandnephew has passed the 48-hour mark—a critical time.  The doctor has given him an A+!  That’s two A pluses in two days!  Such good news after several scary days. I marvel at the complexity and uncertainty of life.  I shake my head at [...]

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Newborn Babe

November 10, 2010

As a newborn babe I crawl from my mother’s womb And stand on wobbly legs in the new world; Wash the new body that has just been So tenderly born from a lifetime labor, And walk to stand before the fire. I raise my face to your infinite sky And feel your touch of grace: [...]

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Fathom the Richness

November 1, 2010

Like the swamp I discovered last week, life is murky.  It can be difficult to know how to negotiate the mire. It takes intention, openness, and willingness to see the good, the true, and the beautiful in the dark, mucky places, but they are there—they are always there.  I often have to sit for an [...]

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Dry Spells

October 18, 2010

“There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson How often do you get dry spells in your creative, spiritual, personal or professional life?  I get them often.  Either I get frustrated and stay stuck for a while or I use dry times [...]

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A Delight and A Joy

October 1, 2010

“K’ung said:  To learn and then put it in practice–isn’t that a delight?  To have friends come from afar–isn’t that a joy?”  The Lun Yu Today, I turn 50!  Half a century has come and gone.  A lifetime for me—A blink of the eye in eternity. What have I learned these past 50 years? I [...]

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