Carol Dweck’s book Mindset is so encouraging, but, I have to remember that I can choose a Growth Mindset!
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Giant Drill Bits and Hearts of Stone
If our future is bound up in Connections . . . then maybe we should pay more attention to what serves to Disconnect.
Tagged with: Giant drill bits, Hearts of Stone, NEAT Gotthhard Base Tunnel, tunnels under the Alps
Posted in connecting, connections, Hearts
Posted in connecting, connections, Hearts
Bromeliad Leaves, Connections and Respect
I feel as if I am just barely touching the Deep Importance of the Logarithmic Acceleration of Internet Connections. It is as if my mind knows it is BIG and IMPORTANT but is blind to how or why or what it might mean.
Tagged with: bromeliad leaves, connections, learning as making connections
Posted in connecting, connections, respect, Sharing
Posted in connecting, connections, respect, Sharing
Sitting (right now) off the beaten path
I am now beginning to understand viscerally what Dr. Arch Hart said about how “BUSY builds a WALL around our brain’s Pleasure Center.”
Tagged with: anhedonia, busy, Dr. Arch Hart
Posted in Balancing and adjustments, busy, busy as an attack strategy, compassion to care for myself, humility
Posted in Balancing and adjustments, busy, busy as an attack strategy, compassion to care for myself, humility
Enlarging our View — Life as Meaningful
We’re working hard pulling people out of the River of illness. How about looking upstream to see why they were falling in?
Tagged with: a sense of coherence, Aaron Antonovsky, comprehensibility, manageability, meaningfulness, salutogenesis
Posted in friends, health, Hope as a gift from God, learning
Posted in friends, health, Hope as a gift from God, learning
Looking back on a Good Day
One excellent result that comes out of being sick is that one realizes (eventually . . .) that many of our “virtues” have more to do with the level of our energy than our character.
Blue Sky, Full Moon, Full Heart
if I don’t do my “share,” then other people in our family system will have to do my emotional laundry
Tagged with: blue sky, Gold tree, Koko Marina, the almost full moon
Posted in adjusting, asking for help for myself, fears, Feeling our feelings, processing on deeper levels, seeing
Posted in adjusting, asking for help for myself, fears, Feeling our feelings, processing on deeper levels, seeing
Wistful Thoughts on a Grey Day
A Council of Grandmothers. That’s what I’d like to see!
Tagged with: a Council of Grandmothers, a moment with God, A world safe for all of our grandchildren, Gold Trees
Posted in Common sense and reasonableness, health, Peace
Posted in Common sense and reasonableness, health, Peace
Inner Mortgages — Do They Get Paid Off?
Well, not being able to know, I shall try for trust. I shall try to rest in the not knowing.
Tagged with: a moment with God, changing into what?, inner mortgages, overwhelming complexity of begin human
Posted in Changing, complexity, LOVE, Ongoing Transformation, Trusting God
Posted in Changing, complexity, LOVE, Ongoing Transformation, Trusting God
True Rest: Coming to a Full Stop
Sophia Loren said it: Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life.
Tagged with: prodigal humans, uptight older brothers
Posted in LOVE, Mistakes, reframing, relaxation, rest
Posted in LOVE, Mistakes, reframing, relaxation, rest
A Moment with God 