Blog Archives

Feeling a bit bleak

Good Evening, God! I’m tired.  After a great night’s sleep on Thanksgiving I was up and down most of last night.  And I am feeling a bit bleak.  So this photo fits my mood perfectly.  The view is of the

Posted in adoring Easy, authority over my life, becoming the change I wish to see, Changing, Cherishing our Bodies, discipline

My Dysfunctional Illusion of Fearlessness

Ah, but to be able to help myself, I first had to let go of the illusion of fearlessness!

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Posted in adoring Easy, fears, Growth Opportunities, humility, Humility or Needing Help!

Tornados, Trust and Transitions

It was “unreal” to watch great big truck rigs zoom up over 100 feet into the air — spinning around and then landing hundreds of yards away.

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Posted in adoring Easy, Transitions, Trusting God, Uncategorized

Prayer: Talking but not Listening

Somehow the idea of “hearing from You” is deeply unsettling. It makes me appreciate Abraham who set out on a journey to a place he didn’t know — because You told him to go.

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Posted in adoring Easy, listening, Peace, Prayer

Et Tu, Fructose?

Good Morning, God! How long ago was it, God, that I read about how superior fructose was to regular sugar? Am I imagining that? Anyway, the news coming out about the dangers of fructose is unsettling. At first I thought

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Posted in adoring Easy, choices, food questions, Uncategorized

The Stanfords — Learning, and Me

Good Morning, God! I had never seen this statue of the Stanford family — but then, I wouldn’t have appreciated it when I was young. If young Leland had lived, there would be no Stanford University. Or, if the story

Posted in adoring Easy, choosing HARD, learning, responsibility

A Sunrise and A Chance to Acquire Some Grit

Good Day, God! Phew! This was not my ordinary Sabbath Day! But it was GREAT! Make that, IS GREAT, as the day is only half over. I took part in the Lanikai 8K Run! And except for a minute or

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Posted in a series of molts and upgrades, adoring Easy, gifts and giftings, grit, growing toward up

Getting out of my routine – and recover time

Good Morning,God! I realized last night that I don’t get out much — or should I say, I don’t venture out of my routine. This came to me when I was leaving Morton’s Steak House in the Ala Moana Center.

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Posted in A weekly day of rest, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, adoring Easy, doing what I know

Breakfasting in Beauty — Pondering Oil Disasters

Here I am , God. I’m looking forward to having breakfast this morning at the Plumeria restaurant at the Kahala hotel. I love this place. I love the green grass, the palms, the ocean and the sky. Then there is

Posted in a matter of scale, adoring Easy, asking for help for myself, authority over my life, Balancing and adjustments, beauty, Choosing to respond, Options, responding to God's Spirit, responsibility, systematic rebuilding required, Venturing out of the shallows?

Churches and Copies and Choosing Easy

Good Morning, God! When we were in Boston I was struck by how many ways our church here in Honolulu resembled the churches in Boston. I’m smiling, God! We humans do love a model! And, although the Park Street Church

Posted in adoring Easy, appreciation, authority over my life, days of rest as conservation days?, education, simple joys of daily life

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