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Continue reading →: Wrestling with roots
It’s so easy for me to get ensnared by my own dark thoughts masquerading as mere rumination. They start as vague chords of dissatisfaction with an aspect of my life or myself, then imperceptibly while I go about my routine, they tighten around my mind like a closed garden hose…
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Continue reading →: Saturday Morning
Today’s reminder to myself: Most of what I’m experiencing is out of my control. Things tend to go better if I let it be that way and just observe with curiosity. While tending to the child of my heart, moving through the day as it unfolds.
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Continue reading →: Judging a book
We’re all judgmental, all the time. It’s part of our brain’s purpose and usefulness. The trick is to see the judgment happen in the moment and then choose what to do. Your heart knows what to do next, but usually gets back-of-the-bus treatment. Strap in and give your heart a…
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Continue reading →: Today, now
So many imperfect things I could spend my attention on, fretting. But not tonight. Tonight I sit in the quiet evening family room, kitchen tidied after dinner, teenager gaming with friends upstairs. Two goofball pups snoozing by the silent fireplace. In this moment, all is well. All is precious. (Inspired…
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Continue reading →: New Year
This holiday season, this unusual collection* of songs gave me such joy. Amid the standard seasonal pop music party, it stands out and give me chills, every time I hear it. This handful of exquisitely synthesized tunes is moody, somber, modern and ancient simultaneously, and speaks directly to my soul.…
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Continue reading →: Reminder
I believe. I believe. It’s silly, but I believe. (From one of my all time favorites.)
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Continue reading →: Traction in flow
The art of healthy self-regulating. I’m no expert at all, but it’s where, for me, fullness begins to take shape.
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Continue reading →: Meditation
Moves me from living in the abstract to living in real life. Here and now. Filter free, fantasy free.
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Continue reading →: Heart Ahead
We often believe the thinking mind can keep us safe and secure, if only we think hard enough to unravel the logic problems of life. Long following my thinking mind, searching for answers to why am I here, what’s my next move, how do I make sense of the chaos…
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Continue reading →: Post 18
I’ve been practicing heart alignment meditation lately. It gives support to my long anxious mind, surrounding it with caring heart energy. The mind can set down the eternally pressing boulder. Or set it up on a shelf, just to the side. The heart’s infinite power leads the way much better.
