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The Comfort of Being Together

Good Evening, God The penguin on the right is an older widowed female. The penguin on the left is a young widowed male. While the other penguins are eating and wandering around, these two stand together for hours — just

Posted in Being Together, Caring, caring for the widows and orphans, comfort, connecting, developing helpful definitions of love, Faithfulness, LOVE, the gift of persistent love

Hurricane Douglas and me

Good Day, God I have a new appreciation of the physiological and emotional effects of simply waiting.  Hurricane Douglas gave us a near miss (65 miles north) this Sunday.  Getting ready for the hurricane on Saturday was actually satisfying.  Off

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Posted in Adventures, asking for help for myself, Choosing to respond, comfort, connecting, encourage and comfort, Energy, fears, Peace, Praising God for All Things, useful worrying?

Compassion for My Human Condition

Good Evening God, Having my false self stripped away . . . layer by layer . . . has given me a semi joyful acceptance of my True Self. I am thankful to be me — but I am aware

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Posted in a hand up, Abundant Life, accepting my need for help, acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Cherishing our Bodies, comfort, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, complexity, connecting, Energy, Forgiven!, Forgiving, God wants to nourishes us, gratitude, growing toward up, Help me to see, Humility or Needing Help!, layer upon layer, letting the Holy Spirit flow through us, LOVE

Dying: “It’s not so bad . . .”

It was just a few weeks ago that You had Patty come (dream or vision or ?) and tell her, “Don’t be afraid, Grandma. It’s [dying] not so bad.” I do have to remind mom of that. But when I do, she always lights up and smiles. She remembers it!

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Posted in a hand up, accepting my need for help, comfort, encourage and comfort, Families, Mothers

The Comfort of Green — and Connections

Good Morning, God! The Ko’olau Mountains at the top of our valley are always green. The ridges turn to a brown as summer lengthens but I can always see green as I look up the valley. Green is a comforting

Posted in Colors, comfort, connections, web of life

Motivation! A Start!

Good Morning, God Yesterday morning Kit and I went to the HMSA office to have our health checked. It is sort of a mini physical. The idea is to “encourage” folks to live healthier lives. While there, I found two

Posted in an invitation to abundant life, asking for help for myself, Cherishing our Bodies, choices, comfort, compassion to care for myself, Motivation

In Front of a Microphone and other communication woes

Good Morning, God! Ah well, while watching the Academy Awards last night, it occurred to me that almost everyone has a problem speaking in front of a microphone. The King’s Speech — Best Movie — focused on stuttering — or

Posted in comfort, Communication, connecting

The sounds of wind and rain

Good Morning, God! This morning there is the sound of rain dripping off the eaves. Yesterday, leaving my Mom’s place I was stopped by the SOUND of the wind stirring the fronds of this palm tree. It was almost musical.

Posted in comfort, Hearing, LOVE

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