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How to Feel Truly Alive

May 24, 2011

“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.”  Thich Nhat Hanh Related Posts:A Tad TetchyIntentional MomentsSilly Mind

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A Tad Tetchy

May 23, 2011

I am a tad tetchy today.  I’m a bit off my game.  My routines have been disrupted.  While I know about the impermanence of life, I still get knocked off balance  at times when things don’t go according to my expectations.  Life always gives me opportunity to practice letting go of expectations and assumptions. I’m [...]

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Intentional Moments

April 18, 2011

I feel a tad out of sorts this morning.  I feel pressure.  I have a lot I need to accomplish but I can’t seem to find the time to do it.  The bits of time I have are small and fragmented, so I waste them to distraction.  I look back at the weekend with regret [...]

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Silly Mind

February 10, 2011

You know that speech I was rehearsing the other night that was keeping me awake?  Well, I didn’t have to give it, and all resolved as I hoped—easily and quickly.  In fact, it was so easy that I began to question the resolution!  Silly mind. It occurred to me that on some level I want [...]

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Dealing with Overwhelm

February 3, 2011

This has been an interesting year for me already, and it’s only February:  illness and injury, huge inspiration in work and spiritual practices, great news regarding my Dad’s health, shifts in relationships, etc.  I notice that I am a tad overwhelmed.  So much of what is coming at me is good, but it is simply [...]

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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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This Present Moment

September 3, 2010

Two o’clock in the morning.  Up doing yoga in an attempt to open up my screaming lower back and hips.  What is it about being at Daddy’s that makes sleep so elusive?  Can the new bed really be this uncomfortable?  Is it how hot he keeps the house?  Is it that I am hypervigilant—listening out [...]

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What a Difference a Day Makes

August 24, 2010

“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.  Always work with it, not against it.  Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy.  This will miraculously transform your whole life.” Eckhart Tolle I awoke yesterday morning in a state of agitation.  After I vented a bit and allowed myself [...]

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