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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- Sep 14
- 1 min
A Little Lightness
Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week: Laugh and Smile Way back in the 1980s in his book, Anatomy of an Illness, Saturday Review editor and...
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- Sep 7
- 1 min
The Remarkable Place Where Humans (Maybe) Reside But Mostly We Don't Want to Know...Or Do We?
We are suspended between source and resource, comfort and glory...
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- Aug 3
- 4 min
Beginner's Fingers, Beginner's Mind
From this perspective, to be a beginner is a gift. And what a wonderful way to approach the world, other people and our own psyches.
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- Jul 27
- 3 min
That Little Beast
Words can fly like birds but when you try to catch them, they slither around like fish. Poems by Mary Oliver, David Whyte and a novice poet
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- Jul 13
- 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
- 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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- Jun 22
- 4 min
Like Coming Home: Writing a Song
And when it's all done, it feels like such a miracle, like birthing a child. It's so hard to believe I had a major part in creating it.
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- Jun 15
- 3 min
Deep Calls to Deep
My 1st song in 30 years rises behind my eyes, begging to come out. I'm trying to sing the stars, thirsting to sing the stars.
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- Jun 8
- 4 min
All or Nothing? Listening for Our Common Grief
Can we honor our common grief, our common tendencies to slide into all-or-nothing in the aftermath of these terrible traumatic events?
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- Jun 1
- 3 min
Catwings
There is a lighter side to Le Guin, however, which she shared in her lovely four-book Catwing series for children.
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- May 25
- 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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- May 18
- 3 min
Oh! Buffalo
Perhaps I can truly hear the small things that I, personally, can do to help shift the balance from fear and hatred to love.
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- May 18
- 4 min
Fledgling
There was a whir of wings, a little flash of grey and white, and a tiny bird landed on the outer edge of the deck. We held our breaths.
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- May 11
- 3 min
Gracious Silence
Some of the sweetest times I've had with another person are those in which we simply sit near each other, without the need to speak.
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- May 4
- 4 min
It's About Us
Loosen, fingers, loosen your death grip on this very day. Open to the atmosphere of open, drink in large draughts of clear.
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- Apr 27
- 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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- Apr 20
- 4 min
The Thing with Feathers
After all these years I'm still amazed when those minuscule seeds grow into plants hundreds of times bigger than their infant selves.
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- Apr 13
- 3 min
Fawn
There are deer, birds, foxes, wildflowers and more. But you have to look. Lawrence looks with eyes that see things others tend to pass by.
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- Mar 30
- 5 min
The Wit, Wisdom, Whimsicality and Wonderings of E.B. White
"He was the most charming man I’ve known, and he got that side of himself into his writing."
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