Give yourself, as best you can, what your parents would have loved to grant you but probably could not: full-hearted attention, full-minded awareness, and compassion. Make gifting yourself with these qualities your daily practice.
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Playing, Working, and Depression?
the opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.
Tagged with: depression, Play, responsibility, work
Posted in authority over my life, Books, compassion to care for myself, confession, connecting, courage to see myself, responsibility, Rethinking
Posted in authority over my life, Books, compassion to care for myself, confession, connecting, courage to see myself, responsibility, Rethinking
A Thermal Image of Myself?
I really want to take care of myself. But I feel as if I was absent when “they” taught Emotional Hygiene. Sigh, does anyone teach that? You say it is mentioned in the Bible — You call it speaking the Truth in Love. Hm. I just never thought about speaking the truth in love to myself! That sounds so obvious.
Blooming — or is it Unfolding?
You are still wanting to open up parts of me that have been closed off. You are not done with me. You are not done with any of us.
Tagged with: Blooming, Change, Homeostasis, Small Acts, trust, Unfolding
Posted in Changing, Choosing to respond, compassion to care for myself, connecting, decision making, LOVE
Posted in Changing, Choosing to respond, compassion to care for myself, connecting, decision making, LOVE
Floating: Slowly and Serenely
This time — my third time to retire — it doesn’t feel like a transition so much as a familiar and cherished destination. I am beginning to appreciate rest.
Tagged with: a slower pace, centering prayer, my Spiritual Being, Prayer, rest, retirement, transitions
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, Prayer, slow incremental change
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, Prayer, slow incremental change
Dark and Light in Daily Life
And, I have just finished Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, David and Goliath. I think Gladwell has done more to add to my collection of Cognitive Maps than another writer I can think of.
Tagged with: adrenaline, David and Goliath, juicing, Malcolm Gladwell, resting and recovering
Posted in Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, healing, health, relaxation, rest, Rethinking
Posted in Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, healing, health, relaxation, rest, Rethinking
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
On meeting Nefertiti
And, God, I’m also thankful for realizing that once I am home again, I must see about resting more fully — and resting more fully in You.
Tagged with: beauty, Berlin, presence, Queen Nefertiti, rest, travel
Posted in compassion to care for myself, connecting, rest
Posted in compassion to care for myself, connecting, rest
A Moment with God 