This is Our World, God. We have to live on it together. Pulling together . . . pulling in the same direction. In the book, The Boys in the Boat, an old boat maker tells one of the crew, “If there is someone in your boat that you don’t like, LEARN TO LIKE HIM.”
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My World, Our World, One Boat
Tagged with: apologizing, forgiving, hearing one another, storms
Posted in Apologies, Forgiving, Hearing, Understanding, web of life
Posted in Apologies, Forgiving, Hearing, Understanding, web of life
Floating: Slowly and Serenely
This time — my third time to retire — it doesn’t feel like a transition so much as a familiar and cherished destination. I am beginning to appreciate rest.
Tagged with: a slower pace, centering prayer, my Spiritual Being, Prayer, rest, retirement, transitions
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, Prayer, slow incremental change
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, Prayer, slow incremental change
Dark and Light in Daily Life
And, I have just finished Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, David and Goliath. I think Gladwell has done more to add to my collection of Cognitive Maps than another writer I can think of.
Tagged with: adrenaline, David and Goliath, juicing, Malcolm Gladwell, resting and recovering
Posted in Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, healing, health, relaxation, rest, Rethinking
Posted in Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, healing, health, relaxation, rest, Rethinking
The Greening Healing Force
Those aren’t bad things. But, they are fatiguing things. This last year I have borrowed from my Body’s Bank — my Energy Reserves — in order to do what I felt needed to be done. Now it is time to repay my Body and perhaps my tired Soul. Yes, it is Time to Restore, God.
Tagged with: borrowing from our Body's Bank, Brene Brown, Greening Force, healing, Hildegard of Bingen, restoring
Posted in Cherishing our Bodies, compassion to care for myself, connecting, daughters, Energy, healing, health
Posted in Cherishing our Bodies, compassion to care for myself, connecting, daughters, Energy, healing, health
Hotels, Home and God’s Heart
Another late comer held the door for me and then closed it behind us silently. We both moved soundlessly to find a seat . As I sat there, slowly sinking into the silence, the thought tiptoed through my mind — I’m in a Womb — and then I slipped back into the stillness.
Tagged with: centering prayer, Love, peace, Silence, Stillness
Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, God's Time, LOVE, Peace, Silence
Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, God's Time, LOVE, Peace, Silence
Create in me a Clean Heart
DANG! I guess, God, YOU have brought me back to Personal Responsibility. It is so HARD to bless folks who seem bent on destroying. How much easier to judge and hate. But what a quickly Descending helix that begets.
Tagged with: a clean heart, Blessing, digesting, forgiving, personal responsibility
Posted in asking for help for myself, Blessing, Choosing to respond, courage to see myself, Digesting as processing
Posted in asking for help for myself, Blessing, Choosing to respond, courage to see myself, Digesting as processing
Walking through Munich
Well, yes, God, I confess I do not always LIVE in the power of this HOPE. I drift away from the Connection You Extend to us. Please help me — and all the People of this Planet — to turn to YOU!
Tagged with: compassion, forgiveness, health, hope, personal responsibility
Posted in connecting, Forgiving, healing, health, hope, Hope as a gift from God
Posted in connecting, Forgiving, healing, health, hope, Hope as a gift from God
A Moment with God 