Good Evening God, Having my false self stripped away . . . layer by layer . . . has given me a semi joyful acceptance of my True Self. I am thankful to be me — but I am aware…
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Compassion for My Human Condition
Tagged with: Pig Pen
Posted in a hand up, Abundant Life, accepting my need for help, acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Cherishing our Bodies, comfort, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, complexity, connecting, Energy, Forgiven!, Forgiving, God wants to nourishes us, gratitude, growing toward up, Help me to see, Humility or Needing Help!, layer upon layer, letting the Holy Spirit flow through us, LOVE
Posted in a hand up, Abundant Life, accepting my need for help, acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Cherishing our Bodies, comfort, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, complexity, connecting, Energy, Forgiven!, Forgiving, God wants to nourishes us, gratitude, growing toward up, Help me to see, Humility or Needing Help!, layer upon layer, letting the Holy Spirit flow through us, LOVE
The Usefulness of Prayer
Good Day, God I have taken some small steps toward taking You more seriously. (I suspect You are laughing.) It began with doing Centering Prayer twice a day. Then about a month ago it came to me that I should…
Tagged with: Web of Life
Posted in a prayer for healing, accepting my need for help, acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, connecting, Prayer, web of life
Posted in a prayer for healing, accepting my need for help, acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, connecting, Prayer, web of life
Looking Back and. . . Ahead
Good Evening, God! My wonderful husband Kit is well, and while he has signed up to run the Kauai half marathon in September, he no longer aspires to run marathons. And he is working with me on balancing exercises! Last…
Changing directions — a Helpful Tug
eing here — AT SEA — has gotten the attention of ALL of ME. The waves, even more than the Halifax museum’s displays of famous shipwrecks, is making me AWARE of the power of the sea. The power of Mother Nature. The power of the elemental FORCES of Nature. We are in Your Hands, God!
Tagged with: asking for help, awareness, changing, Connecting, help, Prayer, The Helper
Posted in a matter of scale, acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Changing, connecting, Humility or Needing Help!, Possibilities, Prayer
Posted in a matter of scale, acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Changing, connecting, Humility or Needing Help!, Possibilities, Prayer
Getting on with Life
I like that it takes three overlapping analogies to attempt to describe reality.
Tagged with: being a root, being an whole plant, being loved, loving
Posted in acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Choosing Meaning, LOVE, Prayer
Posted in acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Choosing Meaning, LOVE, Prayer
Bromeliads, Microbes, and Nourishment
Not like a Major Illness. Just a Nudge reminding me of my Mortality . . . need for self care . . . and an awareness of my Impermanent but Lovely Body.
Wetland Waterways and Neural Pathways
Good Morning, God! Here I am in Andover, MA. As Kit went out the door this morning — to drive to his trombone rehearsals — he was still apologizing for leaving me alone for the day! I think he was…
Prevention, Health and Our Sticky Life Styles
Good Morning, God! How good to wake up with Kit telling me about the article in the Star Advertiser about the new Director of Health calling for all governmental agencies to “think outside the box” and consider health factors in…
Balancing amidst the Overwhelming Jumble of Options
Good Morning, God! I love this photo — as I loved the movie — for the JOY that Philippe took in his balancing feats. As I pondered my long — 40 day — trip, God, I thought of just how…
Words about Wonder from the Poet Denise Levertov
Good Morning, God! Denise Levertov said it so well, God, in her poem Primary Wonder: “Days pass when I forget the mystery. Problems insoluble and problems offering their own ignored solutions jostle for my attention, they crowd its antechamber along…
A Moment with God 