In situations like this, I find myself marveling how rats ever find their way around mazes. They can’t even read! But, of course, reading would only be helpful if there were signs.
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Traveling, Mazes and Changes
Tagged with: exhaustion, frustration, irritation, mazes, relearning, traveling, unlearning
Posted in adjusting, awareness, connecting, learning, Life isn't supposed to be easy., mental maps
Posted in adjusting, awareness, connecting, learning, Life isn't supposed to be easy., mental maps
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
Hotels, Home and God’s Heart
Another late comer held the door for me and then closed it behind us silently. We both moved soundlessly to find a seat . As I sat there, slowly sinking into the silence, the thought tiptoed through my mind — I’m in a Womb — and then I slipped back into the stillness.
Tagged with: centering prayer, Love, peace, Silence, Stillness
Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, God's Time, LOVE, Peace, Silence
Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, God's Time, LOVE, Peace, Silence
Walking through Munich
Well, yes, God, I confess I do not always LIVE in the power of this HOPE. I drift away from the Connection You Extend to us. Please help me — and all the People of this Planet — to turn to YOU!
Tagged with: compassion, forgiveness, health, hope, personal responsibility
Posted in connecting, Forgiving, healing, health, hope, Hope as a gift from God
Posted in connecting, Forgiving, healing, health, hope, Hope as a gift from God
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 