Good Morning, God! I just came across a quote from Brene Brown that helped me understand my Silent Retreat a bit better. “Stillness is not about focusing on nothingness; it’s about creating a clearing. It’s opening up an emotionally clutter-free…
Yearly Archives: 2015
A Doorway into Stillness
Tagged with: awareness, clearning, creating a space, definitions, mindfulness, Names, noticing, Stillness
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Nine Days in Deep Silence
But slowly it has come to me that You and my Unconscious were doing a lot of work in all that silence. My conscious mind got an occasional peak into what was happening. But, I am pretty sure it will take months for my Mind to find out what was going on. Or, maybe, God, my Mind isn’t able to conceptualize what You did?
Tagged with: Benedictine Monastery, Nine Day Silent Retreat, Non verbal communication, quiet, Silence, Snowmass, Stillness, Time Set Apart
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Yes! We CAN help . . .
Dear God! I cannot look at this dear little boy without tearing up. And I am not alone. I have seen many images, heard many words and read many, many words. But, this ONE image is working in my heart. My wonderful husband,…
Tagged with: Giving, helping, helping ourselves, Hopelessness, Our World Family, pain, Prayer, Rescue.org, Syrian refugees, Web of Life
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The importance of Caring for One’s Self
Good Day, God! Plumerias are beautiful trees filled with clusters of flowers. So it was a bit odd that I was drawn to crop out the many and focus on just one. But, ONE has value. One flower. One person.…
Tagged with: a slower pace, humility, recharging, rest, selfishness or self care
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Hoping BIG
Good Evening, God! A dear friend sent me a link to a TED talk by the former prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd. I found it so inspiring that I copied phrases and promised myself I would do a blog…
The Comfortable and the Homeless
Hmm. Isn’t that a definition of leprosy? Peripheral nerves that are not able to feel our nose and toes — and fingers, even? And if we cannot feel them — then we cannot protect or care for them.
Tagged with: blindness, cultural leprosy, deafness, extremities, feeling, healing, hearing with our hearts, helping, homelessness, Numbness
Posted in a series of molts and upgrades, acknowledging another's existence, being heard into speaking, Belonging to each other, Compassion, connecting, Help me to see, hope
Posted in a series of molts and upgrades, acknowledging another's existence, being heard into speaking, Belonging to each other, Compassion, connecting, Help me to see, hope
The Beauty of Food and Family
Good Day, God! THANK YOU! Our daughters are here with us! Here to celebrate my wonderful husband Kit’s 81st birthday! That alone is reason enough to rejoice. How truly marvelous it is, God, to have beloved daughters who are, in addition,…
Tagged with: birthdays, Daughters, Embracing LESS, family time, growing, insights, Learning, molts, Slow, spiral living, unlearning
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Venus and Jupiter — Together in Our Sky
I’m smiling God. I suspect that is true because — as we learn to clear away the pains of the past and the fears of the future — we make ROOM for YOU — right HERE in the moment.
Tagged with: appreciation, awareness, AWE, centering prayer, Connecting, Father Keating, Jupiter, openness, Venus
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A Moment with God 