Like a Vine I was dependent on the Supporting Framework of Work to “hold me up.”
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Flowers and Frankenstorms
I confess, God, that disasters cut closer to the bone when we have friends involved. We have friends on Cape Cod, in the Bronx, in New Jersey and in Connecticut. Please, God, keep everyone in the path, safe!
Tagged with: Changes, Disasters, Earthquakes and Storms, Tsunamis
Posted in a matter of scale, Changing, our small blue dot, resiliency
Posted in a matter of scale, Changing, our small blue dot, resiliency
A gift of hope for me — via a Mars Rover!
More sighs! I sat in prayer and . . . Yikes! What a lot of work I have to do on and in myself
Tagged with: amazement at our human smarts, Curiosity a Mars Rover, hope, puzzlement over my not using them, softer safer landings
Posted in a hand up, Centering Prayer, Changing, hope
Posted in a hand up, Centering Prayer, Changing, hope
Aimlessness vs Floating
And by chance I am reading a book that shines an almost holy light on these thoughts of life and death. The book is God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine by Dr. Victoria Sweet.
Tagged with: aimlessness and sin, Dr. Victoria Sweet, floating, God's Hotel, slow healing
Posted in Books, Changing, Cherishing our Bodies, healing, health, Transitions
Posted in Books, Changing, Cherishing our Bodies, healing, health, Transitions
Opening Our Windows and Our Minds
In a series of studies in Peru Dr. Rod Escombe showed that simply opening windows cut the rate of TB infection by two-thirds. The diversity of the outside air is that beneficial.
Tagged with: diversity, Dr. Paula Olsiewski, Dr. Rod Escombe, fresh air, natural ventilation, the ecology of the built environment
Posted in Changing, health, Rethinking, Transitions
Posted in Changing, health, Rethinking, Transitions
Lighting the Night . . . Waves of Change
People gathering together to talk and think can have a “tinder-like” quality.
In the Grips of the Spirit of Rightness!
I must say that finding myself possessed by a Spirit of Rightness is distressing. This is NOT a Good Spirit! And I see it at work all around me.
Tagged with: excuses to judge, The dangerous Spirit of Rightness, wanting to be RIGHT
Posted in attitudes, Changing, humility, respect
Posted in attitudes, Changing, humility, respect
Diamond Head and Me — A Different View Point
I have Inner Piles of Negative Assumptions that must be processed — before or as I process the piles of paper.
Tagged with: Diamond Head, Inner Assumptions, new view points, Redirect by Timothy Wilson
Posted in accepting my need for help, Books, Changing, changing who I want to become, Perspective, Rethinking
Posted in accepting my need for help, Books, Changing, changing who I want to become, Perspective, Rethinking
Sunrise, Tide Pools, and Shore Birds
Dawn is special. Observing the imperceptible lightening . . . observing what is — become visible. That is such a help in entering into the Now.
Tagged with: dawn, incoming ripples, sacred time, tide pools, Wawamalu Beach Park
Posted in Celebrations, Changing, Light, living within limits
Posted in Celebrations, Changing, Light, living within limits
A Walk Around The Honolulu Museum of Art
I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life.”
Tagged with: Adaptability comes with a tendency to drift, Kairos, New Beginnings, Spacious Life, Time-Sickness, Wide-Open
Posted in a prayer for healing, Changing, time, words to strengthen
Posted in a prayer for healing, Changing, time, words to strengthen
A Moment with God 