1 day agoMaintaining Peace WithinIn times of tragedy, what is the balance between bearing witness and self-preservation? Megan Lierley (in The Good Trade — December 5, 2023). Mindful of how important it is to maintain a high frequency as I navigate life, especially in my interactions with others, a question rose in me as…Personal Growth3 min readPersonal Growth3 min read
Nov 29It’s Take a Breath Wednesday!Breathing has its own rhythm. Breath comes in ebb and flow. Through breathing you come into the rhythm with your self. The generosity of air allows each object to merge and to be. John O’Donohue Today is (drumroll please!) ‘Take a Breath Wednesday’! Yeah, I know today’s post is a…Life3 min readLife3 min read
Nov 16Breaking Habits & PatternsThis time calls for us to become more humane toward one another so that we move beyond the paradigm of separation to embrace one another and ALL life as our kin. We are called to BE and to live authentically in alignment with how life truly is. Rising early this…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Nov 1Awakening to Our ComplicityEvery aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in. Frances Moore Lappé Lappé’s words landed in a deep place a week or so ago when I first read them in our local food hub’s newsletter. They came on…Choices3 min readChoices3 min read
Oct 25Vulnerability — Are We Willing?When you become vulnerable, any ideal of perfect image you may have had of yourself falls away. Many people are addicted to perfection and in their pursuit of the ideal they have no patience with vulnerability. They close off anything that might leave them open to the risk of hurt…Personal Growth3 min readPersonal Growth3 min read
Oct 18Imagination: Creating Possibility in the UnthinkableThe imagination is capable of kindness that the mind often lacks … it does not engage in things in a cold, clear-cut way but always searches for the hidden words that wait at the edge of things. The mind tends to see things in a singularly simple, divided way: there…Imagination3 min readImagination3 min read
Oct 4From Control to FlowHow can we uproot the desire to impose our will upon the living worlds around us? How do we become more receptive to nonhuman languages and ways of being? Gavin Van Horn (Kinning: Introducing the Kinship Series) This question has been with me since first reading it a week or…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Sep 20Pivoting Into AutumnThe wise leader solves the problem of water first. Lao Tzu The question before us, then, is not only how we will mobilize to redress the immediate harm done by the current militarism and violence. The question is also how we will plant the seeds of a peaceable economy. There…Life3 min readLife3 min read
Sep 13Living A Desired Future NowI believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future . . . without having to wait for others to do so. And if an individual can observe a certain rule of conduct, cannot a group of individuals do the same…Life3 min readLife3 min read
Sep 6Pivot from Insisting to InvitingOut beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. Rumi The morning after last week’s full, super, blue moon dawned beautifully. Clear sky; still, crisp air. Moon hanging in the western sky on its way to meet the horizon. …Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
