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Unfolding from Hiding

August 5, 2010

From time to time, I’m concerned that I don’t give an accurate account of who I am in these blog posts. I suppose it’s easier to write about the ways in which I have overcome, triumphed, and expanded than it is to write about my shortcomings and struggles. There is a part of me that [...]

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Circling the Journal

July 27, 2010

While floating in the lake watching the feather drift, I saw Pedro suddenly jump up from where he had been sleeping. Something startled him and he began barking. I peered in more closely to see what could have given him the heebeegeebees, and I saw that my journal was flapping in the wind on top [...]

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Meaningful Moments

July 22, 2010

I’m sitting in the oncology treatment room with daddy. He is sleeping beside me as the IV drips. An elegant woman arrived earlier with a beautiful harp. She is playing heavenly, angel-music for us all. Peace floats through the room. While getting crackers for daddy in the tiny snack room, I found a calendar with [...]

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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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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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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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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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Strengthen the Life Around You

July 1, 2010

July already. We’ve been in Georgia for only two months, but it seems like a lifetime ago that we left the northeast. Odd how time flows. Interesting that I have relaxed so easily into the comfortable lap of Georgia after 25 years away. How good and right it feels to be here. Life strengthens me. [...]

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Prepping for Beauty

June 18, 2010

I painted my living room yesterday. It has taken over 6 hours from beginning to end. At first, I struggled around all the furniture, convinced I couldn’t make more room for myself to move. After bumping into things repeatedly, getting cramps in my body from the contortions, and frustrating myself to no end, I finally [...]

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Peace Begins with Me

June 10, 2010

I was running errands the other day while fuming. I was upset. When someone pulled out in front of me, I cussed at him in my mind. A moment later I got out of the car to pump gas and noticed the little sticker I have on my bumper: Create Peace. How can I create [...]

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