Good Morning, God! I began my day by sitting and listening in Centering Prayer. And what I heard is — It isn’t about Words. It is about Hearts. Oddly enough, that leads me into reflections on the Angry Birds game.…
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Noticing the World — and Myself
Good Morning, God! Sometimes the clouds and the things of the world are just so delightful that I have to STOP and take a photo. Thank You, God! These moments feel like gifts and I love them! And, maybe I’m…
Tagged with: analyzing my behaviors, behavioral change, BJ Fogg, noticing myself
Posted in being a Slow Learner, Changing, choices, Common sense and reasonableness
Posted in being a Slow Learner, Changing, choices, Common sense and reasonableness
A really BIG iceberg is coming!
Good Morning, God! Apparently NASA has a new project called IceBridge — keeping an eye on Earth’s polar ice. On October 14, 2011 they noticed this crack on Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. You can barely see the crack in this…
Tagged with: climate change, icebergs, NASA's IceBridge
Posted in a matter of scale, Changing, choices, climate changes, web of life
Posted in a matter of scale, Changing, choices, climate changes, web of life
Orphaned Elephants in Kenya — and Hope
Good Morning, God! I’ve been reading more National Geographic magazines, God. It comes with sitting in waiting rooms. Yesterday I learned about an orphanage for elephants in Kenya. It’s the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi. There’s a lot of…
Tagged with: compassion, orphaned elephants in Kenya, sharing the planet with fellow creatures, understanding
Posted in Changing, choices, growing toward up, Help me to see, hope, Understanding
Posted in Changing, choices, growing toward up, Help me to see, hope, Understanding
An Unexpected Dash of Hope
Good Morning, God! Yesterday was slow and sleepy. A lovely Sabbath Day. After church I prepared brunch for us and then fell into a deep sleep. Kit went over to visit my mom — who beat him in Scrabble —…
In the Valley Where I Live — And a Humble Question
Good Morning, God! My computer is now almost completely reassembled. A Senior Advisor at Apple spent over two hours on the phone “holding my hand” as I found and restored files from my Time Machine. I love that help! Hmmm.…
Tagged with: a moment with God, being able to ask for help for myself, being willing to see where I need help, The Pearl Harbor Historic Sites, The Tree of Life, what parts of me need help?
Posted in a prayer for healing, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, Abundant Life, accepting gifts sight unseen, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, an invitation to abundant life, asking for help for myself, Changing, humility, Humility or Needing Help!
Posted in a prayer for healing, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, Abundant Life, accepting gifts sight unseen, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, an invitation to abundant life, asking for help for myself, Changing, humility, Humility or Needing Help!
Djokovic: The Gluten-Free Poster Boy!
Good Morning, God! Our daughter, Suzanne, loves tennis and as Kit played on Punahou’s tennis team — she likes to “talk tennis” with him during major tournaments like the U.S. Open. That’s how it happened that I actually watched Novak Djokovic…
A Grey Goose and Reflections on Change
Love, kindness, respect, attention and purpose are still basic needs.
Chained! It is so EASY to stay chained
Good Morning, God! There is something about this photo that delights me — but also makes me uneasy. It makes me think about how inexorable Life is. And how easy it is to get stuck — figuratively chained to old…
Tagged with: Anticancer, chained to old ideas, Changing small subroutine by subroutine, changing the way we eat, habits as subroutines, Incognito: the Secret Lives of the Brain, repeated wake up calls, the Law of Inertia
Posted in Changing, choices, choosing HARD, self care as self compassion and humility
Posted in Changing, choices, choosing HARD, self care as self compassion and humility
A Moment with God 