Presence

To the Greatest Extent Possible

July 20, 2011

“It is as though fear has caused something to be lifted out of the riverbed of limitless possibilities to a fallow stretch of shore where nothing happens.  For it is not inertia alone that causes the unspeakably monotonous and unrenewed human condition to repeat itself again and again.  It is the aversion to anything new, [...]

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Going Deep

June 7, 2011

So many things pulling at me–good things, interesting things, scary things  (scary because they are new and they ask me to stretch beyond my comfort zone). I could easily become overwhelmed. I notice my tendency to flit from one good thing to another–avoiding going deep in any.  In this way, perhaps, I resist challenging myself.  [...]

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My Buddy

April 20, 2011

“My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.”  ~Author Unknown You’ve probably seen this photo before because it is one of my favorites.  This is Buttercup, my faithful companion.  She will be 14 years old soon!  She is the gentlest dog I’ve ever known, and [...]

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Live in the Present

April 11, 2011

“These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones: they are for what they are; they exist with God today.  There is no time for them.  There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.  But man postpones or remembers; he does not live [...]

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Presence Remains

March 29, 2011

I am thinking of my friend who discovered a brain tumor last week.  Yesterday, she found out that it is cancer and aggressive.  I am sad. Lately, I have been reading Grace and Grit, Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber, by Ken Wilber.  It is the wrenching and beautiful [...]

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Be Present–Wherever You Are

March 21, 2011

This weekend I found out that a dear friend has a brain tumor.  They rushed her to another city with a bigger, better hospital for surgery.  We don’t know what it all means yet. Upon hearing the news, I sat for awhile, helpless.  There is nothing I can do this far away except pray.  And [...]

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Sadness and Fear Witnessed

January 24, 2011

I’m sad this morning, and scared.  Mostly, though I’m scared.  Mostly though, I’m sad—is what I meant to say!  Am I mostly scared?  I confuse myself sometimes.  The subconscious is so tricky—isn’t it? I’m venturing into new territory and that requires letting go of the old, thus the sadness and the fear.  The releasing of [...]

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Happy New Year!

December 31, 2010

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850 Happy New Year, Friends!  I feel so much gratitude for you, dear readers.  This blog has been a gift to me and [...]

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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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Handling a Vision

December 15, 2010

I am excited about a vision that has been taking form in me recently.  It’s just beginning to gel.  I have much energy for this vision, but I am in no way organized around it and it isn’t even fully formed.  I wish someone would swoop in and organize all my thoughts and ideas for [...]

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