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Choosing LIFE

I guess, God, what I am calling the Big Questions are the ones that lead to Vision. A vision of what Life can be. A vision of what we are Called to be.

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Posted in Books, choices, Choosing Meaning, Choosing to respond, connecting, respect

My Husband, the Role Model

We ALL need good role models, God! We need people we can admire and learn from. Ah, but that takes being ready. I am just beginning to learn the essential nature of daily floor exercises from my friends. I’m ashamed of being so SLOW!.

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Posted in changing who I want to become, choosing HARD, Choosing Meaning, confession, connecting, Families, family visits, generating options, Growth Opportunities, Humility or Needing Help!

Light on Water and Upgrades

My complaint is basically that we are a Beta Species. Surely Upgrades are coming? Meanwhile, You point out that our Hardware is adequate but our Software really needs upgrading.

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Posted in Choosing Meaning, clear waterways, connecting, connections, Conversations, Feeling our feelings, Fruit of the Spirit

A Word of Comfort for My Mom — and for Me

When Patty was ill she had said she wasn’t afraid of being dead — it was dying that worried her.

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Posted in being repotted, Caring, Choosing Meaning, daughters

Getting on with Life

I like that it takes three overlapping analogies to attempt to describe reality.

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Posted in acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Choosing Meaning, LOVE, Prayer

Tidepools, Holes and the Ebb and Flow of Life

For years, God, I have asked You to patch the Holes in Peoples’ Souls. But now I am seeing Pikos/Holes in a whole new light.

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Posted in Choosing Meaning, clear waterways, connections, healing

Skip Bo and the Games of Life

Now that I am retired I can create my own games. But I’m scared to actually do it.

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Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, authority over my life, Balancing and adjustments, choices, Choosing Meaning

Robojellies and 20 million trees

Good Morning, God! Well, I actually thought THIS WAS a photo of the robojellyfish that scientists have been working on. Not so! It is a box jellyfish. The photo appeared in an article in Space Daily about how engineers at Virginia

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Posted in Choosing Meaning, Creating, earning a living, systematic rebuilding required

Walls and Rules: A Pedant Repenting — or at least Reconsidering

Good Morning, God! Jogging around our daughter Sandy’s neighborhood,I wondered about this wall — why did it get higher so abruptly — what was behind it? As it turned out, nothing was behind it. Strange. Then, just a few hours

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Posted in background / foreground questions, Choosing Meaning, growing toward up, loving limits

Gary Player, Golfer and Role Model

Good Morning, God! A couple of days ago Kit came into my office and said, “Here’s a blog topic!”  He had been listening to Scott Simon’s interview with Gary Player and he had printed out the complete transcript for me.

Posted in choosing HARD, Choosing Meaning, exercising, grit

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