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"Consider daily sitting practice to be a kind of spiritual food." That's a lovely thought. I like food. But what happens when I get hungry?
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Easing the Journey Through Shadow & Light
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- May 18, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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- Apr 13, 2022
- 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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- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
Beloved Small Giant
He touched the lives of millions around the world, faithfully scattering seeds of peace, compassion, mindfulness, non-violence, humor & joy.
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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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- Oct 13, 2021
- 4 min
Small Mercies: The Best Nurse Ever
Don't discount those small kindnesses you offer to others. Tiny things can matter as much as big.
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- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Here.
The essence of mindfulness. When I am here, I can feel my feet, feel my breath, feel my beating heart--notice in this moment that I am okay.
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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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- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
deeper glimmer showing
I'll never forget the train ride home after Christmas that year, as every clack of the wheels pulled me further & further away from her.
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 4 min
How We've Stayed Married, Part 3: Accepting Otherness
Otherness is an odd--and cosmic--corollary to oneness. Otherness in a relationship can take many forms. There are big differences like...
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- Mar 24, 2021
- 5 min
A Storm-Cat, Two Heroes and a Village Full of Light
"Her purring rose like a hymn to home above the noise of the Great Storm-Cat. Such music had not reached his ears since the dawn of time."
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- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
A Strange Mirror
This strange mirror, this odd form of grace, though uncomfortable, has on occasion helped me see myself a lot more clearly.
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- Feb 17, 2021
- 3 min
Mindfulness and the Prodigal Yo-yo
I focus on my breath. I get distracted. Oops. Okay. And again. So many times that I feel like one of those toys on a string...
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- Feb 3, 2021
- 3 min
In Falling and In Rising
Something so beautiful & unusual that it follows you around for days, rising again & again from hidden stairways of your heart...
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- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
Being. Breathing. Being Breathed.
An absurd fantasy--I mentally roll my eyes when I read it. Yet when I decided to write about mindfulness this week that essay came to mind.
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- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
Balance, Balance, Balance...THUD!
When I looked at that piece of paper the next morning I saw the following: true gifts, humility, self-confidence, grandiosity. Ohhhh...
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- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
A Winter's Tale: The Space Between
Could this silent darkness be one of winter's gifts? Asking us to bow like the grasses, acknowledging our own bare and basic shape?
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- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
In Order to Grow—Pruning Off a Major Branch
"Looks like we just gave ZZ Top a shave & crewcut!" said Celia. We looked at the huge and tangled heaps of grape vines we'd just pruned off.
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- Dec 2, 2020
- 4 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Spacing Material, Mortar and Dark Matter
Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week: Jiggling This is one of my favorite ways to reduce stress. Just jiggle your entire body, gently but...
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