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Blessing: a Light in the Darkness

Posted on December 14, 2016 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! My wonderful husband Kit has this very month retired from running the Honolulu Marathon. He says he is switching over to running half marathons (13.2 miles). And so, God, it is a New Year for me — a New Era? I…

Tagged with: blessing myself, blessing ourselves, speaking words of blessing, speaking words of comfort
Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, awareness, becoming the change I wish to see, Blessing, connecting, hope, LOVE, Peace, Prayer

In the Morning Light

Posted on June 15, 2016 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Day, God! We have been home for 7 days now . . . and I am happy. I’m always happy to be home. But, this time it is home after our third major trip — in a row! It’s not…

Tagged with: energy levels, Inflammation, recovery, respect for my body, rest
Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, authority over my life, Balancing and adjustments, being repotted, Changing, Cherishing our Bodies, choices, connecting, days of rest as conservation days?, food questions

Loving Our Whole Self

Posted on May 1, 2016 by a moment with god — 2 Comments

Good Morning, God! I love this photo of the very top of a restoration of an old stone barn designed by the Shakers. Their not being interested in sex, I guess they had a lot of time and energy to…

Tagged with: Enneagram, Father Richard Rohr, gluttony, shadow selves, Shakers, stone barns
Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Caring, Choosing to respond, connecting, Light, LOVE

A Surprising Gift

Posted on February 3, 2016 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Morning, God! I first remember learning that SIZE doesn’t matter in Madeleine L’Engle’s book, A Wind in the Door. This photo is of a rather small bloom on a dwarf poinciana tree. But, just look at its beauty! If…

Posted in Abundant Life, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, accepting my need for help, Commitments, connecting, Duty, loving myself, priorities, The Self

The joy and challenges of coming home

Posted on October 6, 2014 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

It is Hard to fail and fall and flail around — and yet return to the fight. Of course, God. We also have to include periods of re-evaluation. We must come to You for redirection . . . as well as renewal. After all, to repent means to Turn Around.

Tagged with: challenges, embracing hard, getting back up, growing, Learning, periods of re-evaluation, seeking help, trying again
Posted in a series of molts and upgrades, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, accepting my need for help, being a Slow Learner, Changing, Cherishing our Bodies, choices, choosing HARD, connecting

Traveling in Time and Space

Posted on September 29, 2014 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

All of this was overwhelming. This, God, is information we do not want to receive or retain . . . not at all.

Tagged with: ice ages, melting glaciers, planning, rising seas, time
Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, accepting my need for help, adjusting, connecting

A Restful Day — And the Rest of My Life

Posted on January 19, 2014 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Actually, what I want is something to help me generate options in what I do and how I live. That’s a bit more than Creativity. It is about Assessing, Weighing and Framing the Problem — or Problems.
It involves far more than simply Thinking. It’s about having enough Courage to See what is and enough Hope to Explore what might be.

Tagged with: courage, Generating Options, Growing Brain Cells, hope, Thinking
Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, hope, responsibility, Rethinking

Games Creatures Play

Posted on January 18, 2014 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

It seems that Play, like Sleep, has positive functions that the Work Obsessed Mind cannot see.

Tagged with: Games, On Being, Play, Stuart Brown, TED Talks
Posted in a prayer for healing, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Creating, Play, Prayer, reframing, setting my life in context

Standing Free — Becoming Me

Posted on August 23, 2013 by a moment with god — 2 Comments

Ah, but You have set us free, God. Free to become more our individual selves. I like that! I love the story where You are supposed to have said to Rabbi Mendlebaum, “I didn’t want you to be more like Moses. I wanted you to be more like Rabbi Mendlebaum!”

Tagged with: Celtic Cross, Free, genes, Nature and Nurture
Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, authority over my life, connecting, growing toward up, New Creatures in Christ

The 360˚ Life — Or Tweaking It

Posted on May 21, 2013 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Hmm. Now that I stop and ponder what I just said, God, I realize that the real idea here is not so much the idea of seeing my life as tweakable — but rather 1) knowing what I really want and then 2) feeling comfortable about arranging things so as to get what I want.