Good Morning, God! My life seems full of marvelous quotes! Here is one from an old-time Inuit hunter as quoted in David Graeber’s book, Debt, the First 5,000 Years. “Up in our country we are human!”said the hunter. “And since…
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The sky’s the limit? — or living within limits?
Good Morning, God! I used to think of my days just like I did my suitcase — always room for one more thing! Oh my! That was back in my childhood (say last year?) when I thought limits were nasty…
Tagged with: 24/7 work week, humility, overfilling my days, Sabbath Rest
Posted in humility, Humility or Needing Help!, living within limits, sabbath rest
Posted in humility, Humility or Needing Help!, living within limits, sabbath rest
Spark! Reading, Thinking and Running
Good Morning, God! I’m listening to the book, Spark, for the second time and am realizing I need to hear it several more times. In fact, I have ordered a hard copy. I want to be able to copy and…
In the Valley Where I Live — And a Humble Question
Good Morning, God! My computer is now almost completely reassembled. A Senior Advisor at Apple spent over two hours on the phone “holding my hand” as I found and restored files from my Time Machine. I love that help! Hmmm.…
Tagged with: a moment with God, being able to ask for help for myself, being willing to see where I need help, The Pearl Harbor Historic Sites, The Tree of Life, what parts of me need help?
Posted in a prayer for healing, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, Abundant Life, accepting gifts sight unseen, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, an invitation to abundant life, asking for help for myself, Changing, humility, Humility or Needing Help!
Posted in a prayer for healing, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, Abundant Life, accepting gifts sight unseen, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, an invitation to abundant life, asking for help for myself, Changing, humility, Humility or Needing Help!
A Young Anthurium and Growing Throughout Life
Good Morning, God! This is still a very young anthurium — only a bit over 6 inches now — and last week it was so furled up an small I thought it might be a leaf. Funny how anthurium leaves…
Off to the Farmers’ Market and Whatevers
Good Morning, God! I’m up early as Kit needed the alarm to wake up. YAWN! He is off to his TNT training run. On his way down the stairs he said, “Tomorrow you’ll be running, too!” He said it so…
Tagged with: changing, letting Time Decompress and Fluff up, offering my squiggly self as a living sacrifice, priorities, Putting down excess Responsibility, trusting God
Posted in a hand up, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, an invitation to abundant life, becoming the change I wish to see, Changing, Farmers' Markets, humility
Posted in a hand up, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, an invitation to abundant life, becoming the change I wish to see, Changing, Farmers' Markets, humility
Two Nourishing Days at “Life in the Spirit”
Good Morning, God! Hawaiian Islands Ministries put on a marvelous two-day seminar, Life in the Spirit, this Friday and Saturday. It had a therapeutic effect on me, God. I feel closer to You and closer to everyone else. And most…
Tagged with: anger, First Presbyterian Church at Koolau, forgiving, forgiving ourselves, Hawaiian Islands Ministries, healing our anger, hope, humility, Jack Deere, letting the Holy Spirit shine through, transparency, trusted friends
Posted in Anger, Forgiven!, Forgiving, friends, healing, hope, humility, responding to God's Spirit, sacred space
Posted in Anger, Forgiven!, Forgiving, friends, healing, hope, humility, responding to God's Spirit, sacred space
Rereading Keats — Time and Timelessness
Good Morning, God! Listen to Myself? Listen to Literature? Me? Well, maybe. The thing is, God, that I have invested so heavily in being 1) useful 2) cheerful and 3) a happy-ending-sort-of-person that listening to my “unheard” self seems like…
Tagged with: experiment or exercise, frozen in time, Keats, Ode to a Grecian Urn
Posted in healing, hearing myself, humility, Inner Journeys, Ongoing Transformation, Transitions
Posted in healing, hearing myself, humility, Inner Journeys, Ongoing Transformation, Transitions
A Sabbath Day — Founded on Humility — Who Knew?
Good Morning, God! A lovely, quiet Sabbath Day. I will be reading scripture in a couple of hours and playing scrabble with my Mom. But, that is pretty much all I have planned. Maybe a walk with Kit after dinner?…
Tagged with: exhaustion, overload, retiring
Posted in humility, responsibility, sabbath rest, seeing, self care as self compassion and humility, simple joys of daily life
Posted in humility, responsibility, sabbath rest, seeing, self care as self compassion and humility, simple joys of daily life
Letting go of Work — Re-embracing the World
Good Morning, God! Yesterday was my first time back in the water since I left on my first trip back in April. Three months ago? Really, God? But, You are Right. I’ve been busy. Who knew that “Letting Go” took…
A Moment with God 