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Seeing HOW it could be done — gets it done

Good Evening, God Me again. I asked myself a few weeks ago — what would it take to go back to a daily blog? EASY, said I. If I was sure no one would read them I could churn them

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Posted in appreciation, Attention, Imagination, responding to "nudges", seeing

All manor of things are shifting

Good Evening, God Aaah, a fresh start. My complicated draft on salvaging — got eaten. IT WAS Saved! But, I didn’t want to take the time to figure out HOW to find a draft. And I had a sneaky suspicion

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Posted in paradigm shifts, Personal Responsibilty, respect, responding to "nudges", responding to God's Spirit, Self-Respect

A gentle rain on the mountains

Good Evening, God How good it is to look up while having dinner and then go take a photo. There was a rainbow just a bit earlier. But rain is enough. These are the Santa Catalina mountains and there appear

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Posted in LOVE, setting my life in context, simple joys of daily life, The daily details of love, The Endless Flow of God's Love, water and love

Designed to GROW — Designed to HEAL

Good Evening, God, Just a few weeks ago, Suz sent me a lovely photo of pomegranates. The were growing in the UCLA Botanical Garden. Talk about being well cared for! This was growing on a tree in a very small

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Posted in connecting, growing toward up, Growth Opportunities, healing, the Growth Mindset

Focusing on Beauty

Good Evening, God Now that it has come to me that I have a free hand to DESIGN my life — within a variety of limitation — I have begun “paying attention.” The first thing I noticed was the joy

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Posted in connecting

Becoming Myself –Seeing Myself As A Designer

Good Evening, God I must say, I miss my morning walks. We have entered the season to No’See”‘Ems –biting midges. They have not just driven me indoors but have had me drop the temperature down to 65. Ah! Winter in

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Posted in Becoming FRESH from God's Hand, becoming the change I wish to see, Growth Opportunities

Understanding Surrender in Our Spiritual Journey

Good Morning, GOD Just yesterday my forever friend (and spiritual director) was talking about how her current word was SURRENDER. I said, wouldn’t Humility do? But, she was RIGHT. How did this understanding strike? This morning I was trying to

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Posted in a matter of scale, a series of molts and upgrades, connecting, surrender, Understanding

Reframing — Better Understanding the Fruit of the Spirit

Good Day, God I have always loved the description of the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23 : But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, and

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Posted in Blessing, connecting, Energy, Fruit of the Spirit, JOY, kindness, LOVE, Lovingkindness, Patience, Peace, pruned for fruitfulness, The daily details of love

A Burst of Color — and Bursts of Reality

Good Day, God, July 24th I was backing my car out of the carport and SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES!!! What WAS that behind me? It was a pair of Texas Sage bushes that had BLOSSOMED over night. A day or

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Posted in asking for help for myself, clapping our hands in joy, connecting, developing helpful definitions of love, Enjoyment, growing toward up, Help me to see, Helpful Hards, JOY, LOVE, reality, seeing, simple joys of daily life, the cold snow of reality, the joy of sharing, water and love

July 22, Celebrating Kit’s Birthday and Pondering my Life Without him

Good Afternoon God, Time to reflect . . . time to give thanks . . . time to celebrate BEING here NOW. Here on Kit’s birthday. My grandson Ian ordered Birthday Pancakes when we went out for breakfast this morning.

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Posted in A difficult freedom, a prayer for healing, a series of molts and upgrades, accepting gifts sight unseen, Accepting Imperfection, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Adventures, Attention, Balance, Balancing and adjustments, balancing free with supported, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, complexity, connecting

Blogs I Follow
Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching

Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching