• Post 17

    Today I was reminded by both a graduation speech and a guided meditation, that navigating by one’s inner compass is one of the keys to contentment. In the swirl of daily pressures, I had forgotten that essential truth. That in the silent deep center, is a knowing that’s unperturbed and…

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  • Post 16

    Back at my childhood home for a week, it all caught up with me this morning. So many memories mixed with so many present day moments and milestones. How do I take it all in and process it? How do I reconcile it all and make meaning of the mountain…

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  • Post 15

    Two nights ago I saw Northern Lights for the first time. My 15-year-old learned they were happening and woke me up to share the news. Together we walked to a nearby park to catch the show in the sky. It was a bucket list item checked off, for sure; a…

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  • Post 14

    Inspired this morning by Felicia Murrell‘s written meditation for the Center for Action and Contemplation. She wrote: Divine Love is unveiled through communion, connection, and acts of living that create openhearted wonder. I love this take on experiencing divine love. She reminds us that divine love is in both stillness…

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  • Post 13

    It’s hard to keep an open mind. I just know what’s going to happen, right? The teenager is sure everyone will stare, because it’s a bad hair day. The spouse interrupts you in a heated conversation because “we’ve been through this over and over and you always” (fill in the…

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  • Post 12

    This is my 11-year old Labrador aka Big Dude the other night. I looked over and noticed how he seemed to melt into multiple layers of plushness, utterly unguarded and (anxiety prone me) thought, wow – that must feel amazing. The good news is that there’s evidence that both imagining…

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  • Post 11

    As I live through the second half of my life, there seem to be more and more situations I’m in, where multiple options are equally valid. Situations I plain cannot think my way through anymore. Where thoughts and thinking can’t do the job. Only in that space of relaxing our…

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  • Post 10

    The longer I pay attention to the natural world around me, the less I’m convinced any pattern or color that nature hasn’t already created by itself.

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  • Post nine

    When I’m stressed (and let’s be honest that’s typically all day every day), without realizing it my breath thins, while my thinking-and-doing hurtle on. Invitations to pause and breathe patiently wait for me to accept. I swat them away like they’re speed bumps in some rainbow video game, blocking my…

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  • Post eight

    The pic that a friend loved and encouraged me to share on this platform. So glad I finally sidestepped myself and started this project. Thanks, Angie ❤️

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