Maiden Voyages: Inspiration from Our Ancestors
Inspiration from those who have who have gone before us, and survived some extremely difficult times.
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- Nov 9, 2022
- 4 min
It's Amazing How Much...
As humans we seem to be attracted, even addicted at times, to the negative. This gave our ancestors a survival edge. The good news is…
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- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
Still There Is Much That Is Fair
It's too easy to get caught up in the negativity and anger that surrounds us these days. So today I share images of things fair and simple.
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- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
A Twelve Billion Year Legacy
It gives me a sense of how vast I am in some ways, and how a ridiculously tiny at the same time.
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- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Latitude of Gratitude
I have enjoyed using the somewhat cutesy (but memorable) phrase, "an attitude of gratitude." And what did I realize today?
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- Jul 21, 2022
- 3 min
From Before Always
Coupled with the beauty & incredible age of those mountains, the silence offered us a way to slip into a different sense of timelessness.
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- Jul 13, 2022
- 3 min
Indra's Web
An infinite, cosmic web of interconnection, where every juncture of the threads is a jewel.
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 4 min
What the World Needs...
The best gifts, by far, are those in which both giver and receiver have great joy.
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- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Freedom From a Root-Bound Mind--and Oh Dear God...Again!
In the aftermath, writing about gratitude and mindfulness seems kind of callous, even frivolous. Or perhaps naive. But it is not.
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- Apr 27, 2022
- 5 min
Inter-Tidal Regions of Collective Joy
The tides of life and creative energy thrive in these liminal spaces, whether they are in the world, our hearts, or our relationships.
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- Jan 5, 2022
- 4 min
This Magical Brightness
But, oh! it was lovely Monday morning. The stillness. The simplicity. The muffled slowing down of the world.
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- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
When I Had No Wings to Fly
Another song--it could be a modern psalm to the mysterious, the unfathomable, the achingly beautiful unknown. Tender beyond hope.
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- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Change One Word
I came across an interesting little article the other day that claimed you could make a big difference in your life by changing one word…
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- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
A Serving of Criticism? Or Kindness?
A few months ago I had a dream about my dad, who died in 2007. He was talking on the phone with two rather verbally abusive people...
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- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
The Transience of Fall 'n Leaves
The "sweet" in this bittersweet experience is made more heartbreakingly beautiful because we know it won't last.
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- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
27 Varieties of Gratitude
When others are grateful toward you for what you have done, it makes you want to do more for them. This has the same effect on...
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- Aug 18, 2021
- 4 min
Easily Amused
Lawrence and I share a trait that has always been a gift to us, but has proven to be especially helpful during the pandemic--we are both…
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- Aug 11, 2021
- 4 min
Come to the edge...and...
No one could discern the roots of that terror. It was strangely elusive, perhaps from a time or place where there were no words.
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 3 min
Forget Your Perfect Offering
Something has been pulling on me, calling me to simplify, ease down, clear space to make room for something...new? different? re-focused?
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- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
Dis-armed
I didn't feel good there, but sometimes I felt a little less bad. A tiny shift, but it was a start.
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