Good Day, God! I watched Ms. Cadwalladr’s talk on TED . She talked about how many lies were posted on Facebook during the Brexit elections. And was struck by the difficulty of fighting lies that pop up on our Facebook…
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Lies that Disappear but leave Disaster in their wake . . .
Tagged with: a flood of lies, an inflamed body politic
Posted in Compassion, connecting, fears, LOVE, Personal Responsibilty, respect, responsibility
Posted in Compassion, connecting, fears, LOVE, Personal Responsibilty, respect, responsibility
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
Perspective from a Talus Cave
Good Evening, God! Dear friends are off to camp at Pinnacles National Park and I had never heard of the place — so, of course, I Googled it! This is a photo of a ranger standing in one of the…
Getting back into Sync
Good Day, God! Wow! This midmorning I was definitely Out-of-Sync! Grumpy! Worried about so much stuff that I couldn’t keep it all straight. And this was during my Centering Prayer time, too. I know this is “to be expected” and…
Tagged with: getting back into sync, Surprises
Posted in A God given diversity, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, On being Different, Perspective, perspectives
Posted in A God given diversity, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, On being Different, Perspective, perspectives
Reproduction and the Election
Good Morning, God! I know that some of my Christian sisters are hearing from Trump supporters: ”GET OUT AND VOTE SO WE CAN TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY.” I guess to them that means NO MORE LEGAL ABORTIONS. Trump is offering…
Tagged with: abortion, election 2015, mutual respect, respect, single issue voting
Posted in Compassion, connecting, LOVE, respect
Posted in Compassion, connecting, LOVE, respect
The Dark Side of “Forgiving”
Good Day, God! Forgiving is an incredibly powerful tool for good. That’s why it is so upsetting to me to hear it misused, misunderstood and misapplied. Forgiving is NOT forgetting Forgiving is NOT condoning Forgiving is NOT ignoring Forgiving is…
Perspective and Compassion
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.
