Good Evening, God This photo of a European ground squirrel with a tiny aster — moved me. There was such a delicacy of touch and of awareness present. And tonight as I was beginning Brothers in the Beloved Community: The…
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The Power to Choose
Good Morning, God! On Sunday, I was going into Kokua Market when I was stopped by this glorious pile of dead blossoms. I LOVE these colors! In fact, I love COLOR. So, I took a photo. The young man that…
Tagged with: advice from a resident of Auschwitz concentration camp, The Power to Choose, The Power to help myself
Posted in accepting my need for help, asking for help for myself, choices, choosing HARD, Choosing Meaning, Choosing to respond, connecting, Help me to see, Helpful Hards, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Humility or Needing Help!, the essential nature of hope
Posted in accepting my need for help, asking for help for myself, choices, choosing HARD, Choosing Meaning, Choosing to respond, connecting, Help me to see, Helpful Hards, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Humility or Needing Help!, the essential nature of hope
A Joyful Event
Queen Elizabeth II knighting Captain Tom Moore for his significant fundraising for NHS Good Evening, God I had read about how Captain Tom Moore had pledged to walk 100 laps of his backyard before his 100th birthday — in order…
Tagged with: Queen Elizabeth knights Captain Tom Moore
Posted in a matter of scale, acknowledging another's existence, Affirmations, appreciation, Awe, Being a Blessing, Belonging to each other, Blessing, Choosing Meaning, Choosing to respond, connecting, Giving, growing toward up, Growth Opportunities
Posted in a matter of scale, acknowledging another's existence, Affirmations, appreciation, Awe, Being a Blessing, Belonging to each other, Blessing, Choosing Meaning, Choosing to respond, connecting, Giving, growing toward up, Growth Opportunities
Noticing . . . and appreciating
Good Evening, God My wonderful husband Kit and I were out for our morning walk when my eye was caught by this shower tree blossom. I was delighted! And then it hit me! It was delighted to be noticed! …
Tagged with: noticing
Posted in appreciation, Choosing to respond, connecting, respect, Responding, seeing, stopping to see, The gift to SEE others
Posted in appreciation, Choosing to respond, connecting, respect, Responding, seeing, stopping to see, The gift to SEE others
Suddenly Seeing — What’s Been There
Good Evening, God This is a close-up of Pink Tacoma blossoms. I’ve seen and enjoyed them for years. But, earlier this week I saw these trees on the eastern side of our valley. I saw them for the first time!…
Posted in awareness, beauty, Choosing to respond, Compassion, connecting, Curiosity, delight, learning, seeing
Thoughts about Choices
Good Evening, God The planets and moon are predictable . . . their paths known. Not so we humans who have been given the power to make choices. I hadn’t thought about this as a key part of being human…
Coming Back
Good Day, God I’m back . . . after a long time away. Time during which I grieved over our oldest daughter’s reactions to EMF radiation. Grieved (and raged) over the millimeter waves blanketing the city she lives in. .…
Tagged with: starting to blog again
Posted in adjusting, balancing free with supported, Cherishing our Bodies, Choosing to respond, connecting, daughters, EMF radiation, Energy
Posted in adjusting, balancing free with supported, Cherishing our Bodies, Choosing to respond, connecting, daughters, EMF radiation, Energy
A Reminder from the Pope
Good Morning, God! I am not doing enough . . . or much . . . for refugees! This massively avoidable fact was brought home by the morning paper doing a piece on Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation titled “Rejoice and…
Tagged with: Pope Francis, Rejoice and Be Glad
Posted in Caring, choices, Choosing Meaning, Choosing to respond, connecting, delight, LOVE, rejoicing, The daily details of love
Posted in Caring, choices, Choosing Meaning, Choosing to respond, connecting, delight, LOVE, rejoicing, The daily details of love
Using My Mistakes/Wounding to rebuild
Good Night God, Believing as deeply as I do that You love us . . . I am coming to believe that my Painful, Long Hidden — Wrong Responses — can be used to help me rebuild. The idea seems…
Tagged with: Deeper Safer Place
Posted in Choosing to respond, Compassion, connecting, courage, God's Time, Intentions, recovery time, self care as self compassion and humility, self-compassion, time
Posted in Choosing to respond, Compassion, connecting, courage, God's Time, Intentions, recovery time, self care as self compassion and humility, self-compassion, time
A Moment with God 