This is Our World, God. We have to live on it together. Pulling together . . . pulling in the same direction. In the book, The Boys in the Boat, an old boat maker tells one of the crew, “If there is someone in your boat that you don’t like, LEARN TO LIKE HIM.”
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My World, Our World, One Boat
Tagged with: apologizing, forgiving, hearing one another, storms
Posted in Apologies, Forgiving, Hearing, Understanding, web of life
Posted in Apologies, Forgiving, Hearing, Understanding, web of life
The Gift of Being Heard
Good Day, God! OK. Let me start by admitting — I love to fix things . . . and solve problems. I used to think of it as Being Helpful. Of course, I did notice, every now and then, that…
Tagged with: A Hidden Wholeness, especting and protecting another person's inner teacher, patient attention
Posted in Books, Hearing, listening, respect, Rethinking
Posted in Books, Hearing, listening, respect, Rethinking
What Musical Instrument am I?
Sigh. How easy it is to forget that Love is both the Beginning and the End of everything.
Yellow Trees and me
I can almost hear the Yellow Trees calling me — Come Near! Take off your shoes. This is Holy Ground. I AM here!
Tagged with: A modern Burning Bush, Boston Marathon, Flowering trees, Photo Lust, Yellow Trees
Posted in appreciation, beauty, blooming, Hearing
Posted in appreciation, beauty, blooming, Hearing
Stopping to Admire — Talking all the while
Sharing, speaking our hearts, being heard, and hearing. I imagine those to be the very breath of our emotional being.
Hearing my deep inner voices into speaking
I know that with our fellow human beings we need to be Heard into Speaking. I just never thought that my own inner voices also needed to be Heard into Speaking.
Tagged with: commuter retreat, Heard into Speaking, The Contemplative Outreach of Hawaii, the deep silences waiting to speak
Posted in Hearing, hearing myself, Hearts, Silence
Posted in Hearing, hearing myself, Hearts, Silence
The Secret Garden: Transformation and Recovery
It takes hope — and a lot of hard work — to take even one small step.
Walking, Talking and (a little) Shopping
Good Morning, God! Let’s see. Yesterday. Seven Hours of walking, talking and just a little shopping! How does one process that? Or does one? I am thankful with Time with Daughters! It was a wonderful gift when Sandy parked her…
Tagged with: Abbott Kinney Street, mother daughter time, Santa Monica, shopping as gathering
Posted in connecting, Conversations, daughters, Hearing, Sharing
Posted in connecting, Conversations, daughters, Hearing, Sharing
A Moment with God 