From the category archives:

Community Building

Family Time

May 10, 2012

USA Cross Country Drive Day 8 & 9
I’m happy to report that I made it out of Texas. It was a beautiful and mentally challenging drive across the Lone Star State. After a few days of rest and visiting friends in Austin I hit the road and made it to the home of my oldest [...]

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Emerging

April 24, 2012

From this morning’s meditation:
‘It is time to go back into the world. It is time to bring your knowledge forward. It is time to emerge from your isolation. It is time to end your silence. It is time to move. It is time to be a part of a community that helps you grow into [...]

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Flowering

April 19, 2012

I gave away my palm tree today. It had anchored and adorned my living room for the past year. Before we parted I took a cloth, dipped it in warm water and a bit of dishwashing soap, and gently washed and honored her. As I stroked her green leaves I recalled the day I brought [...]

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Who’s Plan Is It?

April 4, 2012

I’m moving again. I’m moving back east. I don’t know exactly why. I feel like I’m operating from a plan that is only vaguely familiar. I’ve done my best to pay attention to signs and signals from the Universe (and I’ve tried to ignore those signs and signals) about where to go, who to connect [...]

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You Could Try This

March 22, 2012

Pay attention to your breath.
Smile.
Look someone in the eye and notice what you see and feel.
Say I love you to as many people as you can – including yourself.
Be grateful.
Pause before speaking.
Walk down a different street.
Offer a helping hand.
Let someone help you.
Choose joy.
Speak up.
Revel in silence.
Take a nap.
Run wild.
Breathe peace.

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No More Mr. Nice Guy?

March 16, 2012

“No.”
“That doesn’t work for me.”
“I can no longer do that.”
I’ve found myself using those lines – sometimes to my great surprise – more frequently these past two months. I see that my changing boundaries and self-awareness are forcing me to speak, otherwise I experience great discomfort.
I lay in bed this morning thinking about the child/man [...]

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Going Home

March 9, 2012

I had a dream last week in which two dear friends appeared. Each had left this physical world due to cancer and were assisted during their long illness by family and friends. In my dream they told me that their souls guided them home to receive the love and care that they’d always longed for. [...]

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Positively Positive!

February 12, 2012

About 20 years ago someone told me I was naive in thinking that there is good in all people, and that I should be more circumspect when dealing others. Another person laughed at my inability to see how hard life really is. Last year, someone told me that my work was too ‘woo-woo’ and wouldn’t [...]

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Today I Choose…

February 6, 2012

Today I choose me.
That’s my affirmation for Day 6 of Affirmation Month. I now prefer to choose me over what I’ve chosen in the past. As I heard in meditation:
Try giving in once again to the old thoughts and beliefs that keep you moving in the same, ‘unwanted’ direction you’ve been moving in for years.
Try [...]

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