This time I’ll buy the semi-daily devotional book, A Minute of Margin, and work on remembering that lesson. I am a slow learner, God. But, then slow is good!
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Lessons learned — and relearned
Tagged with: a slow learner, a slower pace, energy debts, Margin: Restoring Emotional, Richard Swenson
Posted in being a Slow Learner, Books, Cherishing our Bodies, Energy, healing, health, hearing myself
Posted in being a Slow Learner, Books, Cherishing our Bodies, Energy, healing, health, hearing myself
The Greening Healing Force
Those aren’t bad things. But, they are fatiguing things. This last year I have borrowed from my Body’s Bank — my Energy Reserves — in order to do what I felt needed to be done. Now it is time to repay my Body and perhaps my tired Soul. Yes, it is Time to Restore, God.
Tagged with: borrowing from our Body's Bank, Brene Brown, Greening Force, healing, Hildegard of Bingen, restoring
Posted in Cherishing our Bodies, compassion to care for myself, connecting, daughters, Energy, healing, health
Posted in Cherishing our Bodies, compassion to care for myself, connecting, daughters, Energy, healing, health
Beauty, Awe and Self Care
Somehow, God, all these years I equated Self Care with Selfishness. But, it belongs under Personal Responsibility! The Bible clearly tells us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. But, we tend to focus on OTHERS FIRST — and often ONLY — not realizing that order doesn’t work long-term.
Tagged with: health, Kauai, personal responsibility, relaxing, self-care, Slowing Down
Posted in awareness, beauty, Cherishing our Bodies, connecting, loving myself, relaxation
Posted in awareness, beauty, Cherishing our Bodies, connecting, loving myself, relaxation
My Body and Me
Good Evening, God! It came to me Tuesday night that I didn’t want to die. Dying “seemed” to be the “threat” my body somehow posed. No doubt this was a trifle over the top, but I got the message and…
New meanings for Upright
During this “class,” Dr. Cracknell explained that if our head is one inch forward of plumb, we double the stress on our back muscles. If our head is two inches forward we quadruple our muscle stress. It is an exponential relationship. Yikes!
Racing and Running, Praying and Pruning
Help me like it enough so that I refrain from excessive doing and committing. Help me do it – lest I be pruned!
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
Back from a Week OFF
One clear lesson is that Voluntary Down Time is ever so much better than INVOLUNTARY Down Time.
Tagged with: A Whole Week Off, Doing not much, gentle meandering and being open
Posted in Cherishing our Bodies, Needed Repair Time, refraining from work, rest
Posted in Cherishing our Bodies, Needed Repair Time, refraining from work, rest
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 —…
Turmeric, Brain Health, and the Himalayan Kitchen
Good Morning, God! What fun last night to dine outdoors at a rooftop restaurant in Kaimuki. It’s fun to peek into another culture or at least another cuisine. I like different. I even like it when it comes HOT. Not…
Tagged with: Anticancer, brain health, changing, curcumin, eating for health, Himalayan Kitchen, turmeric
Posted in A God given diversity, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Changing, Cherishing our Bodies, choices, food questions, health
Posted in A God given diversity, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Changing, Cherishing our Bodies, choices, food questions, health
A Moment with God 