Good Day, God I have to laugh at my title. This morning, I checked the tide calendar and noted what time I would have to arrive at the beach before the tide began coming in. I love getting into the…
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Time, Tides, and Timelessness
Tagged with: Kaimana Beach, Underwater creatures
Posted in beauty, compassion to care for myself, connecting, delight, hearing myself, JOY, loving myself, Needed Repair Time, opportunities to forgive myself, recovery time, Self Care, self care as self compassion and humility, self-care, time, Wanting a protected time
Posted in beauty, compassion to care for myself, connecting, delight, hearing myself, JOY, loving myself, Needed Repair Time, opportunities to forgive myself, recovery time, Self Care, self care as self compassion and humility, self-care, time, Wanting a protected time
The First Monday after Easter
Good Evening, God Today seemed special — well, today IS special. It is the first Monday after Lent. I was trying to find out what this season is called. All I could find was Ordinary Time. Hmmm. It does not…
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
Enchanted by a large school of small fish
Good Evening, God! How amazing are Your Creatures! This morning I got back in the water to do my exercises. As I swim along I mostly stare at the sand and odd bits of coral. I was in a relaxed…
Tagged with: swimming with a large school of small fish
Posted in appreciation, beauty, delight, Enchantment, gratitude
Posted in appreciation, beauty, delight, Enchantment, gratitude
Walking a free-form labyrinth
Good Evening, God! Imagine my delight, God, when I was lead by a dear friend up to the the labyrinth at the Saint Anthony’s Retreat Center. My delight was compounded by finding it was a “free-form” labyrinth. It wandered in…
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
Embracing Enchantment
Good Morning, God! The other day, as I was doing Centering Prayer, I invited whoever wished to come up out of my Inner Dungeon to appear. Immediately there stood before me — in my Mind’s Eye — a woman who…
Tagged with: AWE, Quantum Physics, Synchronicity, The Inexplicable, wonder
Posted in Awe, beauty, connecting, delight, Enchantment, Faith, Greening Spirit, mysteries
Posted in Awe, beauty, connecting, delight, Enchantment, Faith, Greening Spirit, mysteries
Degrees of Delight
Good Evening, God! A TOTAL solar eclipse! WOW! My wonderful husband Kit and I have seen 3 total solar eclipses. And they are magnificent. Awe inspiring! Just the idea that the sun is 400 times larger than the moon but…
Tagged with: Great Communal Moments, Overflowing delight, Solar Eclipse 2017
Posted in daughters, delight, JOY, Sharing, small meaningful moments
Posted in daughters, delight, JOY, Sharing, small meaningful moments
Paths of Discovery . . .
Good Evening, God! Years ago I heard about an old pastor asked to give the blessing to a group of young pastors. He discombobulated them by ending his prayer with these words: May we all die before we’re done. I…
Tagged with: May we die before we're done
Posted in connecting, delight, Discovery, JOY, Prayer, the joy of sharing
Posted in connecting, delight, Discovery, JOY, Prayer, the joy of sharing
Carousels and the Delight of Daily Life
But, now I am sitting here and wondering if “progress” isn’t a fairly recent concept. I wonder if it came in with the railroads? There is something quite linear about most concepts of progress . . . linear and constraining.
Tagged with: Progress as a recent concept? Balance or Progress
Posted in attunement, Balancing and adjustments, delight
Posted in attunement, Balancing and adjustments, delight
A Moment with God 