Savoring The Endings
I’ve been remembering the good times of the past year, but also reflecting on the losses and the transitions that seem to be happening all around me. I feel like I’m riding a wave of change. I don’t particularly welcome change.
Can We Take A Break From Guilt?
Let’s play a game. It’ll be an experiment. For one day don’t do anything out of a sense of guilt. See what happens. If your life doesn’t fall apart with your unleashed freedom – try extending the experiment to a couple days.
The Transformative Power of Love – Spirit Calls
The Transformative Power of Love - Respond to every call that excites your spirit. ~ Rumi
Fixing the Desire to Fix
The desire to fix, to help a friend with a problem – it’s a good thing - right? Well . . . sort of . . . sometimes. Actually it depends. What is truly helpful?
Hearing Through My Heart
I read the email and immediately felt stung by criticism. I tried to stay present to my reactions. I noticed my body sensations – the familiar block in my throat and tightness in my chest. Then I watched my thoughts and the stories that spun out in my head in response to the criticism.
Places The Mind Can’t Go
I really wanted to move on. But the problem seemed to have a mind of its own and it kept eating at me. Eventually I talked to my wise friend Paula about my dilemma. She said, “Here’s the problem. You can’t solve this with your head. This is a place your mind can’t go.”
The Love Within
This summer I’ve spent time cultivating that feeling of connection and oneness. I’ve become aware, with a deeper knowing than I’ve ever known before, that the source of that deep sense of connection and love is within.
A Mindful Good-bye
A mindful “Good bye” at the end of life is powerful stuff. It is putting voice to an end without pretense. There is reality and acceptance in knowing that – ‘This life will end soon and we will not see each other again…at least in this form.’ It is a period. It is the last period, in the last paragraph of, the last sentence of, the last chapter of a book.It is the last thing we get before the words, The End. How did I want to hold this period? What did I need for a sense of completion? What was the right way to say “Good-bye” for me? What did I really want to say? How was I going to say it?
Transformative Power of Love – Silence
The Transformative Power of Love - Silence gives answers. ~ Rumi
Transformative Power of Love – Light In Your Heart
Transformative Power of Love - If light is in your heart, you will find your way home. ~ Rumi